A very nice surprise from Sony Ericsson. Even though Android does not have full and official support for Arabic until Android 4.0, their handsets do have very good Arabic support by default, even handsets sold in the USA and Canada.

Arabic in Sony Ericsson Xperia Android phone

If you have Android 2.1 or 2.3 and updated it to the latest update from your carrier, then you do have Arabic support. To check if it works, then just visit BBC Arabic and see if Arabic shows correctly and the letters are connected.

Enabling Arabic keyboard

To enable Arabic typing, you need to press Menu, then select "Language and Keyboard", then under "Keyboard settings" select "Default input", then select "Writing Languages", and check "Arabic". You will then see a language switching icon on your keyboard (the "globe" symbol).

Not only does Arabic work well, the font looks much better than what is in CyanogenMod for example.

This is great news!

Sony Ericsson decides to cooperate with independent custom Android ROM developers.

They started with publishing steps on how to unlock the boot loader, and how to build the Linux kernel for Xperia phones.

Thanks Sony Ericsson ...

In a previous article, I attempted a translation of the oldest know literary work in Maltese, Il-Cantilena, without looking up any translations, and relying only on my knowledge of Arabic as a native speaker of both classical and a North African dialect (Egyptian). I was largely successful.

اليمن والجزائر تتنافسان على المركزين الثالث والرابع.. عايزين تشجيع كبير يا شباب

الرؤساء العرب زي ستار أكاديمي.. كل جمعة بيروح منهم واحد نومونيه

سووووووووو يا سوووو مبارك خلعوووووووووه

سمعني أجدع سلام وتحية للفيس بوك مفجر ثورة التحرير

حالة من الإسهال الحاد والمفاجئ انتابت قادة الجيش الإسرائيلي بعد تنحى مبارك

من النهاردة مفيش حكومة.... شعب مصر هو الحكومة

الجدع جدع والجبان جبان.. وإحنا يا جدع هننضف الميدان

الجمعة هرب بن علي.. والجمعة تنحى مبارك.. والجمعة القادمة هنحرر فلسطين

يا شهيد ارتاح ارتاح.. حسني مبارك سابنا وراح

Another "March of millions" day Tuesday in Egypt. Many media outlets call it the largest to date among Egypt's protests since January 25. This goes directly against the claim that the protests are losing momentum.