Buala bos Samsung

Writing by aj@lecraic on Wednesday, 28 of May , 2008 at 12:05 pm

Silicon Republic have the news of the world’s first mobile phone that will feature an Irish language option.

The ‘Tocco’ device, which will debut on these shores on 1 July next, will retail from €129 and will be available in O2, Vodafone, Meteor and Carphone Warehouse stores nationwide. Samsung country manager, Gary Twohig, said the new phone with Irish language features is a strong statement of intent for the Irish market. “We are now living in a modern, confident Ireland. To reflect this we decided to launch the Irish language on our leading-edge touchscreen device, Tocco.

Piccies on samsungtocco.com

No doubt the Oireachtas will be putting in a big order for these along with the judiciary, teachers and Gardai.

Sady, gobshite, amadán, feck or craic aren’t included in the 44,000 pre-installed Irish words on the device. Or maybe they are, who knows.

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