Voice-to-text bisa dipasang koq, tinggal cari .apk-nya. Miley gw udah punya fasilitas itu tanpa root :)
On 5 Apr, 11:53, "yopie suryadi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Suruh join id-android aja bro.. > Kan disini lintas bahasa lintas negara... > Uda ada google translate... > Mo pake bahasa latvia juga hayu dijabanin > Hahahahaha > > @yopiesuryadiwww.jeruknipis.com/forum > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Agus Hamonangan <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:04:30 > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Subject: [xlent-android] WTI: Can I buy paid Android apps in Singapore? > > Question > > Hi, are paid apps in the Android Market available to Singapore users? > > Answer: > > The answer is a straight no. You can't purchase paid applications from > the Android Market in Singapore. In the Asia-Pacific region, only > users in Australia, Japan and New Zealand have that option. There are > a few other things an Android phone can't do in Asia. There's no > speech-to-text, Google Maps Navigations and Buzz in Google Maps. Read > what my colleague John Chan has to say about these > > http://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/ask/0,3800004928,62062385,00.htm > > What your Android phone can't do in Asia (yet) > > Google's mobile operating system (OS) Android has been gaining in > popularity. Just this year alone, we counted more than 10 new products > announced, the majority of which were unveiled during the Mobile World > Congress 2010 held in Barcelona in February. > > The Motorola Milestone is one of the latest Android phones to be > launched in Asia. > Many of these new products will run on version 2.1 (Eclair) of the OS, > which comes with added user features such as native support for > Microsoft Exchange and an improved camera interface. In fact, we know > of two that are already available in Asia, the Nexus One (Google ships > to Singapore and Hong Kong) and Motorola Milestone. In April, HTC will > start selling the HTC Legend and also upgrade the older Hero's > software to Eclair. > > So, it all sounds pretty rosy, right? Though slightly later than in > the US and Europe, Asia's getting its Android phones, too. But did you > know that the Android OS you use here isn't exactly the same as what > some of your friends on the other side of the world are getting? There > are a few feature omissions in Google's mobile OS if you are using the > phone in Asia. Some are more important than others--we list them out > here for you. > > Paid apps > The first, and most important, is that we can't buy applications from > the Android Market. Paid apps have been available for over a year now, > starting with the US. Google is rolling out this feature slowly across > the world, with Canada being the latest to enjoy it. In our part of > the world, Australia, Japan and New Zealand users can access paid > apps. The rest of the countries are either North American or European. > > Now, don't get confused. The Android Market is available to almost all > the countries that have Android smartphones. But if you are in, say > Taiwan or Thailand, all the applications that can be downloaded are > the free ones. It gets worse for some countries. Users in Malaysia, > for example, do not even have the Android Market program included with > their smartphones. They have to install apps manually, or flash the > phone's firmware with a version from another country just to enable > Market. > > Click here for a full list of where Android Market is available and > which countries can access paid apps. > > Speech to text > In the Nexus One made by HTC, you can tap on a microphone icon and > speak into the phone. If all goes well, what you said will be > converted to text. This is a new feature in Eclair and we thought it > should be found also in the Motorola Milestone and HTC Legend--but > it's not. > > When asked, Google said this feature supports English and is available > in the US, UK and Australia only. The Nexus One is an exception > because it's essentially a US phone that's shipped out of the country. > > To be fair, this is one exclusion we can understand, given how English > is spoken differently in many parts of the world. Google would have to > customize it for many different accents if it is to be effective. > Still, it would have been nice for the company to include it, since > there's already a disclaimer saying it's an "experimental feature" > when you activate it in the Nexus One. > > Google Maps Navigation > This feature got Google a lot of attention when the app was launched > with the Motorola Droid (CDMA version of Milestone) in the US. The > fact that you can get free turn-by-turn driving instructions with your > smartphone actually caused the US stock price of GPS device > manufacturers, such as Garmin and TomTom, to plummet late last year. > > But given how this has progressed, these GPS-focused companies still > have some time to plan their next move. Google Maps Navigation is > still in beta and available only in the US. Google told us it > "understand(s) this service is valuable to users around the world, > but (doesn't) have a roadmap to announce at this time". > > Buzz layer in Google Maps > Finally, there's the Buzz layer in Google Maps. This probably isn't > that big a deal for most users since Buzz hasn't really taken the > world by storm yet. In Asia Pacific, Android users in countries that > can enable the Buzz layer in Google Maps include Australia, India, > Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan. For the rest, we'll just have to wait. > > What does this mean? > Does the lack of all these features mean you shouldn't buy a new > Android phone now? Certainly not. Though relatively new, Google's > smartphone OS is pretty robust and there are some good handsets that > use it. > > Also, we understand there may be barriers to bringing in certain > features to specific markets. This may be caused by the lack of > maturity of some markets or even matters like difficulty of billing > for paid apps. It's perfectly reasonable for Google to withhold > products it owns if it doesn't think they are ready for a group of > people. > > But not knowing why features are unavailable is frustrating. In > relatively mature markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, > individual users spend as much, if not more, to buy an Android phone > compared with those in the US and Europe. Operator subsidies aren't as > generous in Asia and some users even opt to pay full price from retail > outlets. It's therefore not unreasonable to ask that the features be > comparable, or at least, get some indication of when these missing > components will be implemented. How about it, Google? > > -- > Salam, > > Agus Hamonangan > > http://groups.google.com/group/id-android > > Japri: [email protected] > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB Moderator: [email protected] ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729
