Latvia’s largest mobile operator, LMT (Latvijas Mobilais telefons) finally launched the long awaited iPhone 3G last Friday (September 26th).
Although Baltic language text has been displaying perfectly in iPhones and iPods for at least the last 2 years it is only with the latest iPhone 2.1 Software update that the user is able to input Latvian letters as well.
To activate the Latvian keyboard on the iPhone 3G (or iPod Touch) go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard and from the list of International Keyboards switch on the Latvian option. To access the diacritical letters simply touch on the appropriate letter for more than 1 second and choose from the popup list. Latvian language purists may be disappointed since neither o-macron or palatalised-r are offered as input letters, however both will display correctly.
Riga is now also selectable as a city from the World Clock application (previously you had to choose Helsinki since none of the Baltic capital cities were available).
The User Manual for the iPhone 3G is also available in Latvian.
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