Orbit 2: buy now or wait?

[Yaraslau]

I like the look of O2 XDA Orbit 2 much more than that of HTC Touch Cruise. And I'd like to buy it. But the problem is that it is not adapted for my country (Belarus).

I've looked through some threads of the forum but failed to form a complete opinion on some issues. So I want to ask a "direct" question:

Is it possible to buy a UK version of Orbit 2 and make the following changes:

1. Make it "understand" (correctly display) Russian and Belorusian symbols?

2. Make it correctly sort my Contacts (mainly Cyrillic) and display Russian alphabet in the right "search bar" in Contacts.

3. Get a standart 20-key Touch keyboard with at least Russian and English symbols (with specific Belarussian and German symbols accessible through "additional chars"). Possibly with "quick" switching between the Rus/Eng layouts.

4. Get at least Russian and English xT9.

And two more questions:

5. Is it possible to get Unlocked versions of Orbit 2?

6. Is there any GPS Navigation program that supports Belarusian maps? Not only main international roads, but normal city navigation?

I'm eager to recieve your comments.

[gnick666]

I belive, there's a Russian ROM for the Polaris (or will be), and that should sort out most of your problems...
Resco Keyboard supportos several Cyrillic keyboard layouts, and there is a Russian t9 cab file posted already.
For the GPS... maybe iGO would support your country. At least it does whith most of the countries around our parts...

[Yaraslau]

Thanks.
I'll give iGO a closer examination. :)

Concerning Russian ROM: of course I'll flush Russian ROM as soon as I find one. But the question is, wil - be able to achieve the results I want by installing different .cabs BEFORE I get Russain ROM?

And by the way, what "specific O2" programs do I loose flushing a Polaris (Touch Cruise) ROM on O2 Orbit 2 (like "Profiles" Home plug-in available on Orbit 2)? And is there any way to preserve/re-install them?

Still the question about unlocking: is there a way to buy unlocked Orbit 2 in UK or should I unlock it myself?

[gnick666]

As far as i know, you'll have to unlock it yourself... there's a thread concerning th subject: link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=347826)
Sorry, but I can't help whith the cabs, but there may be more clues in the Polaris upgrading etc. forum. I know the have similar threads (about greek language :confused:). Maybe they can help you.
For the programs... you can always copy the cabs in the windows folder to your PC, that way you'll have the O2 programs (at least some of them). I have an original Polaris, so I don't know much about the O2 Apps...

[speakerphone]

Here's a quick list based on my exp applying Jp to the Eng rom.

1 Yes
2 No
3 Yes - 3rd party
4 Yes - 3rd party