Posts Tagged ‘google’

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Jan03

Google to Android phone makers: If you mess with the UI too much, you lose the Android Market

by todd on January 3rd, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Android

According to Google’s Android Dashboard Platform Versions more than 40% of phone accessing the Android Market are using versions older than 2.3 (pre-Gingerbread). 55.5% are at version 2.3. A mere 0.6% are version 4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) that was released late last year. Android devices have a hit or miss (mostly miss) track record for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec07

Google+ for Android 2.2 gains search (finally!) and more +1ing

by todd on December 7th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Android

It seems like forever, but it took Google a couple of months to finally add search to the Google+ app for Android. The announcement appears, appropriately enough, in Punit Soni’s (Lead Product Manager, Google+ Games and Mobile) Google+ stream: AND a new version of the Android app We made good on our promise eh?

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Jan07

Google Nexus One Video Samples

by todd on January 7th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Android, vidcast

Received my Google Nexus One Android phone a few hours ago. The video sample above was transcoded (by Google) from the original 3gp file recorded on the Nexus One. The video sample below is a video recorded using the Qik for Android app.

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Dec07

Google Goggles (Visual Search) for Android Video Demo

by todd on December 7th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Android, vidcast

Sorry for the difficult to see screen demo on the Droid. Brightness cranked up but still nearly impossible to see. But, I wanted to quickly put up some kind of demo of Google Goggles running on a Droid. So, here it is such as it is

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Feb09

Did Google Sync for iPhone/Windows Mobile Make Outlook & MyPhone Obsolete?

by todd on February 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Posted In: Apple, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I posted two items over on my MobileAppsToday blog… Google Sync (Beta) for iPhone & Windows Mobile: Think Before You Sync! Microsoft MyPhone Service Free, But Not Comparable to Apple MobileMe …that got me wondering if: 1. The Google Sync for iPhone & Windows Mobile made Outlook obsolete 2. If it made Microsoft’s MyPhone service […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug08

Google Translate for iPhone

by todd on August 8th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Apple, Apple, iPod

I wonder how much of Google’s iPhone focused web-apps will work directly on Android based phones? In any case, Google Translate for iPhone looks great in my quick tests (with my limited knowledge of anything beyond English, and some would say, even there…). Just head over to… translate.google.com …on your iPhone or iPod touch. It […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul03

Google Docs Blog Looking for Eee PC/Small Screen Comments

by todd on July 3rd, 2008 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Netbook

I’m not a regular reader of the Google Docs Blog. So, this is a bit dated (from June 18). Google Docs on the Eee PC One of the Google Docs team members bought an Eee PC, tried Google Docs on it, noted a few oddities, and now asks the public: What could we change in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun30

Google Mobile Community (Google Groups area)

by todd on June 30th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices

Speaking of Google… They launched a new Google Groups area… Google Mobile Community This web area is for general mobile technology discussion. But, of course, Google encourages discussion about their own mobile products like Maps and Gmail.

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Jun30

If Google Gets Contacts Right, Watch Out!

by todd on June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

For years Palm OS users rightly criticized that Windows Mobile for needing far too many taps and scrolling to enter the simplest calendar event or contact information. Although it looks like Palm OS will join the ranks of Wordstar, Lotus 1-2-3, and CP/M soon, the criticism is still valid. It is still a giant pain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun19

Windows Mobile and Google Android: Who Is the Customer?

by todd on June 19th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Yesterday I said that Windows Mobile’s real competitor is Google Android. WiMo has already conceded defeat to Apple’s iPhone in the consumer space. Why? How? You and I, as individual consumers, have not been the target Windows Mobile customer since 2003. As soon as Microsoft’s marketing became phone-centric, the target customers became enterprises running Exchange […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun05

Google Maps Mobile Adds Bus and Train Directions: But Not for Windows Mobile

by todd on June 5th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Google announced Google Maps for Mobile 2.2 which adds bus and train information. However, it is not available for Windows Mobile devices yet. If you try to download it on a Windows Mobile device, you will get version 2.1. The blog item announcing 2.2 says that it is available for the Blackberry and many Java-based […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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