IPhone Arrives in China, but Where Is Pleco?

For students of the Chinese language, there is one electronic dictionary application that seems to stand in a class of its own, made by a small New York-based software company called Pleco.

Certain language learners (myself included) have been known to carry otherwise useless (and outdated) Palm (PALM) Pilots for the sole purpose of using the Pleco dictionary.

And while the long-awaited iPhone finally had its official China launch on Friday, Mandarin-speaking expats (many of whom already have unofficial iPhones), are asking: Where’s my ‘iPleco’?

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