Simple solution; Let TRAI issue an order making it compulsory to all handset manufacturers to implement Indic Unicode in all handsets sold in India. All platforms do support Unicode. It is the lethargy or the business decision by the manufacturers not to implement Indic Unicode.
Someone should wakeup the authorities from their deep sleep. -Pavanaja On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Hariram <[email protected]> wrote: > Unicode's contribution for Internationalisation/localisations is great and > countless. > > Now a days Mobile Phones are developing as Mini Computers and hundreds of > applications are bundled in them. > > Many models of Mobile phones are Unicode/UTF8 compatible and provides lot > of utilities like SMS, Email, Web browsing, chating, social networking like > facebook, bilingual/multilingual dictionaries, transliteration/translation > tools etc. in Mobile Phones in Most of the Unicoded scripts/languages of > world. > > Many mobiles provides above facilities in Indic Scripts - Devanagari, > Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati .....etc. also. However No mobiles yet found in > any market with facility in Oriya Script. > > But, about availability of Unicode enabled Scripts/languages, no any > informations is found in the specifications of the mobile phone models made > available at the websites of the manufacturers. > > For Example : > At > http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-c5-00/specifications > > No any information is found that > whether this set is Unicode/UTF8 compatible or not? > Which languages are available in this handset? > > Likewise in the specifications described at websites of other Mobile phone > Manufactures and reviews posted at different websites/ forums generaly does > not include any information about the facilties Unicoded Scripts supported. > > So the User/customer/reseller/dealer is confused and can't find correct > handset with required language/script facilities. > > *So it is requested to all the Unicode authorities, Unicode List members > to * > *take necessary action by putting up in different forums about* > *the need of making it mandatory/necessary to include informations* > *about the Unicode/UTF8 compatibility* > *and facilities of IMEs/utilities available for languages/scripts in the* > *specifications of the mobile handsets* > *published at websites/brochures etc.* > > Please forward this to concerned telecom authorities, manufacturers, forums > > in International Interest. > > With regards. > > Hariram > > > > >
