By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Orange has announced that the Welsh language will be supported on the Samsung S5600 in September. What makes this all the more interesting is that there are about 600k welsh speakers, so clearly Samsung has something on it’s mind in terms of targeting its market, and converting those users. Apparently the phone will hold 44k welsh words….
… and in related news, there is also going to be a Welsh iPhone App, which will basically be a Welsh phrasebook – good I suppose if you are going to be visiting Wales, although I’m pretty sure the locals speak perfectly good English too
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