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Hi,

Just wondering whether to buy a K850i from O2, but need to know whether French language is supported.

Can somebody check whether French is available in:

[text message] -> options -> Writing options -> Writing language

Thanks !!
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Posted: 2007-11-22 22:54:43
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These 2 pics are from my o2 k850i branded phone







And the next one is the writing language on a o2 k850i phone




[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2007-11-22 22:21 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-22 23:18:03
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Thanks, perfect answer!

PS, what did you use to take the screen shots?

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Posted: 2007-11-22 23:32:17
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its not o2 that would determine what language the phone can support. Its the manufacturer of the phone that decides that.
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Posted: 2007-11-22 23:37:08
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I disagree.

I bought a K850i from T-Mobile, and it doesn't support French, but does support lots of Eastern European languages (plus English). I've been in touch with SE UK, SE France, and T-Mobile, and they all say that there's no way to add French to my phone -- so it's going to have to go back...

I know somebody with an Orange K850i, and French is supported. Now darrengf has shown that it's supported by O2.

If you look on the DaVinciTeam website, you can see that there are different _versions_ of the firmware, R1CA037 being the latest, but there are also different firmware _builds_ for each of the phone providers:
http://www1.davinciteam.com/K850/index.html
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1201-9791 O2 UK/BLUE
K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-6333 VIRGIN MOBILE UK/ BLUE

The phone provider specific firmware builds obviously have all their logos, etc, but must also have the language dictionaries...

Unless you know different...

In which case, please educate me...


[ This Message was edited by: frenchletter on 2007-11-22 22:51 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-22 23:50:31
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Hi where are you based?


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Posted: 2007-11-23 00:09:48
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UK

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Posted: 2007-11-23 00:44:36
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Mr Miyagi is right. It's the manufacturer who decides what languages that are on the phone, not the operator.
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Posted: 2007-11-23 00:52:44
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Oh I thought you were on holiday in the UK and bought a K850i what I was gonna say was buy on from France cos then atleast you have the language on your phone

odd though French is normally a prime language
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Posted: 2007-11-23 00:59:01
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I took the photos with a Sony w5

But the shots were only basic vga for for me to post,

But the camera does take fantastic shots tho. Its amazing (I like a camera that you switch on, point and shoot and for me this is it. Simple and it takes 300-400 shots on a 2 aa batteries, which is even better for me

If you want any more, I would gladly take some more of the menus on the phone.

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Regarding the Languages.

Languages are dependent on country, network, SE and branding.

O2 use Generic Western Europe, so will get generic western europe languages


K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1201-9791 O2 UK/BLUE WESTERN-EUROPE


However other networks specify what they want in the phone which includes menus, languages functions and lots more.

Here are the following listing for the rest of the uk networks

K850i R1CA029 CID52 K850 1201-9789 VODAFONE UK/ BLUE VFE-LIVE-A


K850i R1CA029 CID52 K850 1201-9790 3 UK/BLUE HUTCH-WORLD


K850i R1CA029 CID52 K850 1201-9792 ORANGE UNITED KINGDOM/ BLUE ORANGE-SIGN


K850i R1CA029 CID52 K850 1201-9793 T-MOBILE UK/ BLUE T-MOB-INT


K850i R1CA037 CID52 K850 1204-6333 VIRGIN MOBILE UK/ BLUE WESTERN-EUROPE



If you want any other networks for the K850i let me know.

[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2007-11-23 00:23 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-23 01:06:18
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