Update: Google updated Riyadh’s satellite images to something from late 2010. The maps however are still outdated. I complained many times about the extremely useless and out of date Google Maps for Saudi Arabia: roads are from 2004 and you can’t even get basic directions! Allright, Google have problems with all the red tape, we
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Google fails in Saudi Arabia
Native Arabic support for Google Android
STC was the first company to introduce an Android based cellphone in the region. The phone was the HTC Magic however native Arabic support is only available for Android OS 1.5 while the latest OS version for the Magic is 1.6 (HTC are working on 2.1 update to be released this year). Arabic support is
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HTC G1 Google Android phone released
HTC released the HTC G1, the first Google Android phone, in the United States. The phone is sold for $199 with a T-Mobile contract. The question is, when will we see a release in Saudi Arabia? HTC is usually very fast on releasing their devices in the Middle East. If it was released in Saudi
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