"While the change is aimed at expanding communications and enabling greater compatibility with the rest of the world, the process of switching to the new system was expected to bring teething problems and technological challenges. Indeed, a month into the Unicode roll-out, some have adopted the new font but others haven’t. Among the obstacles in making the switch are typing problems, and the bewildering variety of mobile phones. Most popular mobile phone apps in Myanmar only support the old Zawgyi font, so some users are unable to see text correctly in Unicode. Ko Win Htut, developer of the Bagan Keyboard, an award-winning free Myanmar keyboard app for Android, said the country will take at least two years to adopt Unicode, and it’s crucial that every phone that comes on the market supports the new standard. As of October 31, there were more than one million Unicode users, compared to 8.5 million Zawgyi users, according to Ko Win Htut, so about 15 percent of people use Unicode while 85pc use Zawgyi. The data was based on data collected from the more than 10 million Bagan Keyboard users..."