A report about mobile phones and the developing world.
“A key issue is the need for language, and perhaps cultural localization. To be useful, applications need to function in a language that users can both understand and feel comfortable using. The linguistic variety in many developing countries can represent a significant hurdle in the development of applications intended to have broad appeal and usability.”
Link: Going Wireless: Dialing for Development (acumenfund.org, 400k PDF)
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