On Feb 12, 6:15 pm, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "jsexton" <jsext...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:e150119c-b046-4c31-970a-4515eeddb92d@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi -
> > Shot in the dark here, maybe someone can help me. I'm trying to find
> > out something about mobile phones made with language support for the
> > Arab world. On such a phone (any make), when entering Arabic
> > characters using the 12 key keypad, what characters are available on
> > each key?
>
> > Thanks
>
> Try Google.
>
> Nokia seem to sell them, and you can get after market key pad covers
> cheaply.
>
> Although the precise form of Arabic script characters depends on what
> preceeds or follows it, essentially they are the same phonetic consonants as
> in western languages (but no capitals), so probably all of them.
>
> Why not down load a sample user manual and find out?
>
> http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...40302110324375....

Actually, I have found this information remarkably hard to come by. I
spent half the day with Google before posting this message. You would
think it would be in a user manual, and it might be in some, but I
have not yet seen one that had that detail. Yes, there are pictures
of Arabic language keypads. That's actually the best information I
could find, and it's not much to go on. I contacted Motorola, I was
told that the information is secret and they would not disclose it.
And that they do not put this information in their user manuals, I was
told. Not sure why...
I'm not an Arabic reader, so I need some information in a simple form,
as in (for English) "ABC" on "2", "DEF" on "3", and so on. It's very
hard to find.

Thanks