Posts Tagged ‘android’

Blocked in Saudi: Arabic Android development: Ardroid (update: unblocked)

March 16, 2010  |  Saudi Internet  |  4 Comments

Update: It got unblocked fast! According to my inside source this post triggered an auto block. My guess “الجنس” caused it :) .

Now here’s something you don’t see getting blocked: a development website. Oh wait, you do see stupid blocks all the time! ArDroid.com is an Arabic website dedicated development of Arabic applications for the Google Android platform. It’s a well known site and I blogged about their efforts on my personal site.

Only reason I can think of is stupidity … either that or that it’s a mistake.

To help getting it unblocked as soon as possible fill the form at internet.gov.sa, write an email to unblock@internet.gov.sa or send a fax to +966(1)2639290.

STC to launch HTC Magic in Saudi Arabia

October 9, 2009  |  Uncategorized  |  4 Comments

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is now taking pre-booking requests for their upcoming HTC Magic, a Google Android based phone.

The phone will be sold for 2,399SR ($631) and includes a free subscription to a 12-month data plan with a limit of 1 Gigabyte each (notice that STC‘s site called it Gega).

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STC will hopefully open an Android app store and add Arabic language support when the HTC Magic is released. You can read more about the HTC Magic at HTC’s website. Via Maxer.