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^This was my phone when I was teaching English in Japan many years ago... Yes an anime theme phone... I want to order another one for mainly sentimental reasons, but what I am concerned about is the apps/Android Market.
I already have a phone I am satisfied with, I wouldn't be using this one other than to play with some apps. How would accessing the Android Market work? Would I be accessing the North American Market or the Japanese one?
Please and thank you!
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Here's the scoop.
I have a friend who's Japanese, but living in America. After his time in Japan, he's been wanting a smart phone.
Downside, as you can guess, he needs to interact with Japanese media a lot-- EG: Twitter, forums, e-mail, projects, etc.
So as you can guess from the above, he needs the ability to input Japanese text on a mobile device, as well as read it.
Keep in mind that I've rooted a few android phones, as well as flashed a custom rom on them-- so I have a bit of experience if I need a ROM out there that'd do this.
On the other side, though, I've heard iPhones do this already. Is this a compromise he'll need to make with regards to provider? I think I heard Blackberries may have the same strength, too..
Thanks for your help.
T-Store is SK's Android Market in Korea and I was looking for some feedback on it
If you are using a korean smartphone user you can get t-store from: www.tstore.co.kr
if you do not have it already.
However I just wanted to ask the users what they think about it compared to Google's Android Market and Amazon's Appstore. Thoughts, Criticisms, Rants, Suggestions, and any ideas that lead to better competition in the app store market is welcome. Thanks for your time!
I'm also interested in this, and other app stores for Android in Korea. Which ones do people use? why? what % of the sales go through Google Play and through the main stores?
If anyone in Korea knows please tell us.
I was recently in Japan and the Transformer was on sale at several large electronic chain stores. When I looked in the Settings-->Language & Keyboard screen the version in Japan only offered Japanese and English. There is a significant Korean minority and a huge diaspora of Chinese students in Japan. Could they somehow add languages so it would be available in Settings? In other words, available throughout the UI.
Perhaps a tad OT, but I also noticed that despite being in Japan I couldn't access some apps on Market that my Japanese friends had installed on their Android devices. How do you circumvent something like that?
You could try a program i used on my evo.
Called "more locale 2"
When i brought it it was hacked to work in china.. But half the controls still pooped up in chinese..
So it wasnt until i got control of it with the above program i was able to start flashing english only roms..
Check it out and see if it fits your situation..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
Interesting that the maker doesn't make solutions available on their HP. In a globalized world they are still thinking localized. I don't have any particular problem, my setups are fine. I was just thinking of all those potential customers that comes from different cultures and languages but live in a country other than thier original. In Sweden we have a lot of people who would probably benefit from Arabian/Farsi setups, but it isn't an option on any of my Swedish bought devices. I didn't really think about it until I was faced with it while in Japan. I believe, no proof though, that the Japanese distributor of ASUS probably only requested Japanese and English as factory installed, thus depriving himself of a potential market segment.
Hello!
I recently purchased a Nexus 10 (And have a Nexus 5 on its way being posted tomorrow from the Play store ). I live in the UK and after reading online realized that you can use the Google Now voice features if you set the language to English(US). I have been playing around with this for a few days and its pretty cool. My only issue is that it seems to get several words wrong (my accent is quite plain, clean and distinguishable, although distinctly British), particularly when asking for directions etc where the words may not be of common use.
I read online that about 2 years ago, Google released a 'personalized voice recognition' feature but that this feature is only available to Google customers in the US (Google stated other 'languages' would soon be supported). Does anyone know whether this feature will be enabled after rooting the device? Has anyone from outside the US rooted their device and had the settings>voice>'personalized recognition' box appear? or used market enabler and had it appear?
There is no way Google would ever be able to produce a single voice model to encompass the entire UK regional dialects (Geordie, Scouse, Broad Yorkshire, Cockney, West Country etc.) henceforth it would seem this feature would be particularly pertinent for Google's UK customers, and other English based dialects for that matter (Australia/New Zealand etc.).
Cheers
Contacted Google tech support
They would only tell me that officially the Google Now app is only supported in the US. That's some help. . . . Its one of the defining features of the new OS. Maybe they should stick to selling their products in the US . . . .
QuirkyGord69 said:
They would only tell me that officially the Google Now app is only supported in the US. That's some help. . . . Its one of the defining features of the new OS. Maybe they should stick to selling their products in the US . . . .
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If you're really interested in voice commands and such, you might like utter!. It can recognize any accent.
Sent from my Nexus 5
PhilipTD said:
If you're really interested in voice commands and such, you might like utter!. It can recognize any accent.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Thanks PhillipTD, I'll check it out.
It turns out quite a few people are complaining about this to Google on their forums. If you are an android user AND English speaker AND live outside the US AND want to use the 'Personalized Recognition' service you can show your support on the Google forums here:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/f912lYp8Ea0/FiX-_SfZHS4J
Lets be honest, the more people who complain, the more likely it is you will get the service. You opinion matters!
OK, since it's not getting a UK launch, I've found a company I can buy Mate 40 Pro+ from, but I'm finding scary stories about buying a chinese (rather than UK) phone -
"Updates will be OTA, however you may not receive updates correctly as you will be using a UK SIM, not a Chinese SIM" and others!
I have no experience of ever buying a non-UK, sim free phone. I really need to know all the pitfalls or possible difficulties, and I need them spelled out in simple terms - don't judge
Any help really appreciated please as I need to decide if this is a go or beyond me.
Thanks, Stewart.
You do get a lot of Chinese apps, most you can remove or disable but you will get Chinese feeds and you may not be able to change some system apps languish.
They are usable, I have had many, OTA updates work fine, in fact you get more updates on China versions than others. The Chinese apps like music and video player do tend to be Chinese oriented rather than global, so best to use 3rd party versions.
I would suggest buying from a good dealer, Wondamobile will pick up import duty as some others may but you may get stung for duty from some stores.