1. A method for accessing language-dependent data in a mobile electronic device, the method comprising: processing a request from an application to retrieve localized language-dependent information associated with a first language from a localized data store, the localized data store containing localized language-dependent information for a plurality of languages and a registry; providing requested localized language-dependent information from the localized data store to the application; and displaying the localized language-dependent information by the mobile electronic device.