Finding a mobile in the Middle East that operates Google's Android back end may be hard to come by. But that may change once Arabic is fully supported by the operating system.
On
Google's open sourced Android developer hub,
a request to provide support for the Arabic language is the second-most requested item on the web site.
More than 1,500 people has flagged the issue, about 100 less than the most-desired request, getting and easier voice dialing system implemented in Android phones. A selection of some user's specific request (sic) follows:
I bought Android phone (htc hero) once I was abroad and it was great. I actuallyused to write or read in English and this was ok.. when I came back home I wasunable to communicate to anyone because the phone has no Arabic langauge supportwhich embarrased me with my family and my friends. I am wondering now shall I sellmy Android phone and buy Iphone or return to Nokia mobiles (symbain).. this is notfair taking care of particular languages and ignore the other languages even now Ihave heard that google works on Hebrow language without mention any intention forArabic language support! (by adelbnn)
Microsoft start to lose some market in arab countrey, Because they ignore the arabic language. Android is a very powerfull OS, we are looking for google to support arabic ( asthey alawse do ) (by malomari)
It is not hard to support Arabic for Google.Thousands or millions of Arabic. People they are waiting for you and I am sure if theycan speak or write English they will write for you. WE love Android system and google also.So please we need your support. (by f.mutairi.m)
You get the picture.
In any case, the amount of buzz behind getting Arabic onto Android is not something the internet giant can ignore, especially in a market that feels like everyone owns a smartphone. I'd expect to see this happen very, very shortly.
Hat tip to
du's admirable Twitter feed.
(Photo credit: The Samsung Moment, a mobile that works with the
Google Android, operating system is featured at the Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. The phone displays mobile
television technology that beamed an American college football game
during the trade show. Ethan Miller / AFP
)
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I guess it's our agents mistake to carry the android devices into our countries without google Arabic lang. respection
This 7 inch Android tablet pc has 16:9 wide and 800*480 high brightness TFT LCD screen. It supports full size touch operation. Therefore, you can find yourself flying in a real scene when you are watch videos with it.
It sports plenty of functions such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Goggles, You Tube, Google Calendar Buzz, Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Shopper, Google Talk, Google Finance and Latitude and have Arabic support in it. All these functions are very useful and practical that is able to satisfy your common use.
It is a shame that after so many releases google has not yet supported arabic fully. But not problem a lot of arabic developers like myself have came up with full arabic support.
Right now support for G1 is completely functional and free for download at http://www.cyanogen4arab.com
google you should be shame of your self , not supporting arabic because we are muslims ?
or is it because u r owned by israels ?
i dont care what the hell ur reasons are , u sucks !
scrow u google ... i am real diapointed ...
msg to all arabs working at google : i am realy sad that u r been used by such low life company