Android Jelly Bean support for display of Tamil and Indic languages scores a perfect 100/100.
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Android Jelly Bean support for display of Tamil and Indic languages scores a perfect 100/100.
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The latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich release was keenly awaited by Indic languages as the earlier versions did not provide native support. I upgraded the OS in my Google Nexus S and found that Tamil is supported well in some native apps. Earlier we could only rely on some external android apps or hacks to view Tamil.
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Android OS for mobile phones is yet to have inbuilt support for Tamil Unicode fonts.
However there are some free apps that support to read and write Tamil Unicode font in Android apps and browsers:
* Tamil Visai – To type Tamil in any Android app using transliteration, Tamil99 keyboard. Using this you can publish in Unicode Tamil font in websites. You can also send Tamil SMSes to other phones supporting Tamil display.
* SETT browser – To display Tamil Unicode text properly.