QQ

[cptngaz]

Hi all, I recently came back from Shenzhen after visiting the lovely Fenlai whom I met on China Love. She has given me her QQ email address but I don't know what to do with it? Do I just use Yahoo or Hotmail etc and she will be able to reply to me or do I also need to get a QQ account?? If so how? I hope you can advise and appologise for my ingnorance. Gary.

[sameldrum1]

QQ is similar to Skype in the U.S., where you can chat live online, and also use video and audio to see and hear each other, if both have computers with a camera and audio (QQ is also used with cell phones in China, and they usually don't have video or audio capabilities, from my experience).

QQ also has an email feature, which allows people to email each other using their QQ address...so YES, you can email her using any type of email address, yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc.

She may or may not have intended it, but you can also use the QQ aspect, and chat with her live.  The numbers in her email address, before the @ sign, is her QQ connection.

You can install QQ in your computer, and I think the latest version that is setup for English speaking people, is called the "international" program...Google "install QQ program" and I'm sure you'll see lots of places to download it, or maybe someone on the forum knows the best address and can provide it to you.

You will not need a QQ account just to email her, but you will need a QQ account in order to chat live...

[cptngaz]

Thanx for the help. At this stage emails translated will be all thats possible. She has very limited english and I have no Chinese. Hehehe what a journey!!! Again Thanks. Gary

[Scottish_Robbie]

hi gary
www.qqinternational.com. follow instruvtions as easy as abc

[Martin]

I pulled this from an old thread:

http://www.imqq.com/download.shtml, then download it.
Once installed, just load it.
Do you have an account?
http://signup.qq.com/

So,after, it's just like Msn, icq and more I.M
Right Click on "Friends",
Add a contact
Type her Id

As far as the language barrier, you can use sites such as Google Translate, Yahoo! Babelfish, and a host of others...http://www.chnromance.com/index.php/topic,2744.0.html

[kiwisteve]

I recently upgraded my QQ International to version 1.3. One of the new features is being able to highlight any of the previous text with the mouse, then getting an instant translation, without having to cut and paste anything. I find I hardly ever have to dive over to Google Translate or the other sites now.

Steve

[Martin]

Sorry, my information might be a little dated, as I dont use QQ anymore.

[kiwisteve]

Also the mobile version of QQ only seems to be available in Chinese, but I've figured out the basics.

It can do audio and video, but you need a decent Android phone with a second front-facing camera and enough processor power to do video. My Samsung Note does it easy, but Anna's no-name entry-level Android phone struggles and the video is choppy when it works at all.

It has been great though for things like giving her a live tour of my house and workplace, as well as friends and family.

Steve

[Pineau]

Kiwi. that is a great  idea. I remember walking around with my laptop trying to stay in range of the wifi to show Fiona where I live and the surrounding area. Technology is moving quickly. Years ago when I first went to China video conferences were unheard of. we would send photos back and forth using "high tech" fax machines.


I just got a new android phone and discovered by accident the second front facing camera. I am anxious to try it out to see the quality of the video. If it is good I will purchase another to send home to mother.

[David K]

[1] Early on the the piece, learn how to take screen shots of your
conversation, preferably date and time stamped. These can be
extraordinarily valuable when it comes to providing evidence to
Immigration about the duration and stature of your relationship.
It might also be worth using Yahoo, which is common in China,
at it provides a logged record of the text you are exchanging.

We did this, and even though my now wife was flat out behind the scenes using Google
translate, this did not show in the logged dialogue which was in English
( or more accurately, Chinglish) and readable as evidence by Immgration

[2] And it goes without saying, back up your evidence files, preferably
offsite. The reason I am actually saying it is that most folks don't.
Specially IT folks :-)

[3] I loaded QQ onto a Win XP system (AMD 3000, 1G ram,320HDD, not exactly
a slug ). It worked quite well, but my nearest and dearest did not understand
some of the english options, even with Mandarin IME installed.
So she just 'happened' to be talking to friends in CHina who knew ALL
about IT, and instructed her how to activate Remote Assist. All of a sudden the
entire HDD was being reformatted, and CHINESE WIndows and QQ  downloaded.
ByeBye all my carefully ripped FLAC files :-(   

But the upshot is that the computer now runs much much slower - by a factor of 10 or so,
and does far more disc accessing. I presume this is because of some kind of intermediate interpreter.
Others more knowledgeable than me might have a deeper explanation.

So: Backup, and beware DIY computer experts from China

Cheers
David K

[RobertBfrom aust]

Gary , welcome to the qq literates ha ha , on Sunday qq upgraded my qq so you are lucky starting off from the new , just go to www.imqq.com    , and follow the prompts to register , no cost , and then set about learning all it can do , as a test you are welcome to chase me , my qq is 1994376895  , it should come up as Robert Aust . on the bottom left is a translate button which I always use and seems to work quite well , regards Sujuan and Robert .

[Neil]

Also the mobile version of QQ only seems to be available in Chinese, but I've figured out the basics.

Steve

I sure wish QQ International would come out with an android version.  I use the mobile qq all the time, but everything is in Chinese.  I really love the built in translate function too.  I hooked my wife up with a copy, and now we both can type in our native language.

*Pro tip: if you are saving your chat logs for immigration purposes, the translate function also has the option to include both languages.  It will make your chat logs much more readable if she often writes in Chinese.

[shaun]

Gerry,  Let me know if your android works well.  How much did it cost and does it have a removable sim card?

[Martin]

I have an Android Phone...a Samsung Galaxy S II.  While I dont run QQ on it, I do use Skype.  It works great with both cameras, and in both WiFi and 3G/4G Networks.

[Pineau]

So far I am happy with it. It is not a brand name but has all the same features.  Dual camera. dual SIM cards. I have one for china and another for when we go to hong kong.

I found an fm radio in it but you must use the earphones as an antenna.  I also discovered a TV in it and a tv antenna that pops out of the side. I like the large screen size. it is about 5x3 inches.

But one thing I dont like. There is a software bug that occasionally the touchscreen quits working. I found that if you press the power button twice it fixes itself but still frustrating if your right in the middle of a critical call or something. Otherwise it is just a annoying. you get what you pay for but for 150 bucks it a pretty good phone.