Re:Google Translate in Android: Point, tap, brush, listen
by andybak on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:51AM
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"One needs this sort of app when traveling in another country, so the chances of having WiFi/3G connection are pretty slim"
THIS is what needs fixing. In Asia, it's often cost-effective to get a Sim on the spot (I got one in Kuala Lumpur just for a two-day stay). Usually though it's not worth getting a local Sim unless you're there for at least 4 or 5 days and that's assuming they don't insist on residency like they sometimes do.
I'm from the UK and in many European countries I can just use my own Sim without it being completely prohibitively expensive (although it's still a complete rip-off).
But we need decently, priced roaming data or quick-to-buy local SIM cards in every country so that all those maps, translators, local guides and other marvellous aids to travelling can actually get used.
THIS is what needs fixing. In Asia, it's often cost-effective to get a Sim on the spot (I got one in Kuala Lumpur just for a two-day stay). Usually though it's not worth getting a local Sim unless you're there for at least 4 or 5 days and that's assuming they don't insist on residency like they sometimes do.
I'm from the UK and in many European countries I can just use my own Sim without it being completely prohibitively expensive (although it's still a complete rip-off).
But we need decently, priced roaming data or quick-to-buy local SIM cards in every country so that all those maps, translators, local guides and other marvellous aids to travelling can actually get used.