HTC One and Desire Series to support Indian languages

NEW DELHI, INDIA: HTC, a global designer of smartphones, today became the first global smartphone brand to roll out full language support for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi script on its range of smartphones.

Users will be able to read and type in Hindi, Tamil and Marathi through all messaging functions on HTC smartphones launched this year, while browsing the Internet and all applications available through Google Play. The devices with Indian language support includes HTC One X, HTC One S, HTC One V, Desire C and  Desire V. In addition, users will also be able to view a fourth language, Bengali, on select applications available on Google Play.  With this rollout, HTC has kept its promise of integrating full native language support for its smartphones in India, beginning with the HTC Explorer  in Q4 2011, a press release said.

“HTC is committed to helping Indian consumers communicate easily through a more intuitive mobile experience, which can only be offered with full Indian language capability on their smartphones,” said Faisal Siddiqui, Country Manager, HTC India. “HTC continues to be the smartphone brand of choice for the India market due to our focus on what the consumer needs, and delivering that in an encompassing, holistic manner.”

Availability

Reading and typing capability for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi will be made available on  HTC Desire C and Desire V sold in India through an automatic software update that can be  downloaded by users starting from today. Bengali language viewing capability will be available from August 2012.

Reading and typing capability for Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali languages will be made available on all HTC One X, HTC One S and HTC One V smartphones sold in India through an automatic software update that can be downloaded by users from  August 2012.

Note: Please note that downloading software updates over 3G networks may incur mobile data charges.