This is a major update: Much better search results - search results are now shown dynamically which means as you scroll down, Hanping searches deeper into the dictionary to find more matches. For example, type “pengyou” (which means friend) and you will see not only the entry for “朋友” (péngyou, friend) but also[gallery link=“file” columns=“8”] for “男朋友” (nánpéngyou, boyfriend) and “女朋友” (nǚpéngyou, girlfriend) History - any successful search you type is now automatically added to your History of searches.

Fixed bug which resulted in very slow queries when including tone numbers in pinyin search queries (e.g. “ni3 hao3”) Added online check to inform user when a new stable release is available (useful because many users disable automatic Market update checks) Improved way to allow user to update dictionary data to latest version

EDIT: 31 March 2011 - First stable release of 2.5.0, today. This is a major update. Most of the changes are internal allowing for exciting enhancements in future updates. Other changes include: Much better search results - search results are now shown dynamically which means as you scroll down, Hanping searches deeper into the dictionary to find more matches. For example, type “pengyou” (which means friend) and you will see not only the entry for “朋友” (péngyou, friend) but also for “男朋友” (nánpéngyou, boyfriend) and “女朋友” (nǚpéngyou, girlfriend) History - any successful search you type is now automatically added to your History of searches.

TTS crash fixed in Desire HD, Evo 4G - On some rare occasions the TTS would not initialise properly and result in a slowing down of the system. If there are still problems, please let us know!

Fixed bug in TTS (only affected Andriod 1.6, 2.1 devices) Better decision-making over which engine to use. Try long-pressing on Translate button to force which engine to use Minor bug fixes

Fixed long-standing bug in TTS initialisation Added section in About screen to access Voice Recognition system settings Fixed some layout issues on low-res screens Some minor bug fixes

Added romanization support! When you translate to any of the following languages, the romanized form will be added to the end of the translation (there may be a delay before it appears): Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Pinyin), Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Thai, Ukranian Some devices are not able to show all characters. You can also skip translation completely and just select the same language twice (e.g. Japanese > Japanese).

Overhauled UI - now a much cleaner look Long-press on the language buttons to bring up a list of recently-used languages. Long-press on the swap-language button to bring up list of recently-used language pairs. Long press on translate button (Google or Bing icon) to trigger a particular translator engine (Google or Bing) About screen - touch first item to go directly to the app’s system settings (where you can Force Stop the app, Move-to-SD (2.

Better handling of Back button Minor bug fixes

Added Simplified & Traditional Chinese localisations Improved prompting for installing additional Text-to-speech libraries (eSpeak) Some minor bug fixes