AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING COMPUTER DEVICES WHEREIN CUSTOMIZATION PARAMETERS OF THE COMPUTER DEVICES ARE ADJUSTED BASED ON DETECTED REMOVABLE KEY-PAD INPUT DEVICES

Localization and/or customization of computing devices are accomplished automatically through an add-on input device. Operating system or a separate application in the computing device is arranged to communicate with or recognize the input device such as a keypad and configure parameter of the computing device such as language, user interface arrangement, communication setup, and the like accordingly without user interaction.