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We need your help to test the application on as many different mobile devices as possible.
The following observations/issues came up during test runs:
1. The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit emulator runs the application well
2. Microemulator emulates the application well too.
3. Most Nokia handsets run the application very well
4. Most Sony Ericsson handsets have issues running the code.
5. Blackberry has issues connecting to the internet after a word is typed for lookup
For the technical details, this may be of help:
1. Data is retreived from the PALDO database via a python script.
2. The J2ME application configuration is CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 1.0
The future implementation is to include all other languages. But first steps first.
So where is help needed?
1. The area of immediate interest is we would like a feedback report on how other handsets (Samsung, Motorola etc) perform when they run the application.
Later on,
2. A code fix is needed for the application to work with Sony Ericsson handsets
3. A code fix is needed for the application to work with Blackberry handsets
The source code of the application may be availed to interested parties.
Please send feedback to arthur at kamusi dot org or discuss in the comments section of this blog entry.
These are the languages for which we have datasets that we are actively working toward putting online. Languages that are Active for you to search are marked with "A" in the list below.
Key
•A = Active language, aligned and searchable
•c = Data 🔢 elicited through the Comparative African Word List
•d = Data from independent sources that Kamusi participants align playing 🐥📊 DUCKS
•e = Data from the 🎮 games you can play on 😂🌎🤖 EmojiWorldBot
•P = Pending language, data in queue for alignment
•w = Data from 🔠🕸 WordNet teams
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