India's New Rupee Symbol Won't Show On Computers

itwbennett writes "It will take at least 18 months for encoding in Unicode the symbol for the Indian rupee that was approved by the Indian cabinet on Thursday. But it may be over two years before the rupee symbol starts showing on computers and mobile phones, analysts said. Many vendors are also undecided whether they will offer the new symbol on keyboards and keypads, or as additions in software to the character set supported by their devices. Nokia, for example, welcomed the move by the Indian government to have a symbol for the rupee. But a company spokeswoman said it's too early to comment on how the symbol will be implemented, whether on the phone keypad or on the character list."

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Re:Back in the good ol days

[sakdoctor]

Newfags can't rupee

Re:India is the 5th country...

[interval1066]

"...the middle finger would not be the Canadian way."

Seemed to be very popular in Quebec, I figured it would be popular as the CDN symbol. As for being sorry, yeah, I understand the sentiment. But since the sentiment is Canadian, no one really gives a mad f*ck.