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  • Google’s Chrome browser coming to Google Android

    Leave it to Google to take on industry incumbents with the goal of completely redefining the user experience. Google’s latest project, Chrome, is a web browser based on Apple’s open-source rendering engine Webkit. As a new web browser designed from the ground up to put the user experience in line with advanced features, Google’s Chrome [...]

  • Google Translate goes iPhone - Translate 24 languages on your iPhone

    In a globalized world where information on the latest and greatest mobile gadgets can come from any corner of the planet, in any number of foreign languages, Google Translate has become one of those indispensable tools of the internet. Google Translate not only allows you to translate single words across 24 different languages, but it [...]

  • Android on your Nokia N810 Internet Tablet - Made easy with Android Installer

    Can't wait to get a taste of Google's Linux-based Android OS? Well, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet owners are in luck. With Android getting ported to handsets like it's going out of style, it was only a matter of time before an easy-as-pie Android Installer came to light. Enter the Android Installer for the Nokia N810 Internet [...]

  • Google LCB - new Google service for mobile searching sans typing

    Tapping away at a mobile phone's keypad can get to be a real bother - and in some cases, a real medical condition. So, it seems that Google has set out to improve the mobile-search experience on handsets. Dubbed "LCB," Google has tipped their newest mobile service in their robots.txt file - a file that [...]

  • Google releases APIs to work with iPhone

    Ahh, Google and Apple. It's nice to see these two tech innovators continuing to work together in harmony. Google has just released a set of APIs in their GData Objective-C Client Library that will allow iPhone developers to use Google APIs alongside Apple's APIs in the iPhone SDK. Of course, all applications written in Objective-C should [...]

  • Google search box for Nokia S60 3rd Edition standby screen

    S60 3rd Edition users will be able to get their Google Search fix nice and quick with the new Google search box application. The new native Google search application places a Google search box on the S60 3rd Edition homescreen/standby screen - allowing users to fire out quick Google queries right from the standby screen. The [...]

  • Google goes iPhone with iGoogle

    Everyone and their grandma is jumping on the iPhone bandwagon these days. Well, actually, they’ve been jumping on the bandwagon, and they still are. Not that we’re complaining or anything. Google has decided to bring their mobile interface offering up to speed with the iPhone. The search giant has optimized a version of their customizable iGoogle homepage for iPhone users. RSS feeds, weather, stocks, email, news - it’s all available in a convenient, single-column format that fits your iPhone’s display perfectly. Point your iPhone Safari browser to google.com/ig/i to check out the iPhone optimized iGoogle homepage. It’s fully customizable through your Gmail account, so just keep that in mind. [Via: TUAW ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Google Calendar, Reader, Mail revamped for iPhoneGoogle pre-launches iPhone-optimized interfaceiPhone can play Google Video clips as well!Apple to offer Google Apps on the iPhone?Google Phone = MVNO using O2's network in the UK + Nokia + Google's secret sauce

  • LiPS Forum nails down Release 1.0 specs - ready to take on Android

    Google’s announcement of Android was big, there’s no doubt about that. But, the OHA and Android aren’t the only group to push for an open-source mobile phone movement based on Linux. The LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) Forum has been championing the Linux cause for handsets on the open-source tip. With the might of Google behind it, Android and the OHA stole the show - almost banishing the LiPS Forum to obscurity - until today. The other Linux movement has finalized the specifications on their Release 1.0. LiPS aims to “enable mobile industry players to achieve basic interoperability for applications and services deployed on Linux-based phones,” in order to foster the development of services and compatible devices. And, with LiPS good to go, the open-source handset market can look forward to “interoperability through real open standards and specifications, not de facto acceptance of single platform implementation.” So, just what is the difference between an open-source model and the more traditional (ad-hoc) model? These charts should give you a good idea: Traditional (ad-hoc) model Open-source model We’ve heard it all before. But more competition hopefully means better innovation and hardware offerings. Next step? Get some hardware manufacturers and developers to back LiPS’s wares. [Via: Linux Devices ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Android is out and I feel let down, almost embarrassed I hyped it so muchPalm says "NO" to AndroidGooge cultivating Android development community with $10 million petri-dishHTC plans to release 2 to 3 Android based devices in 2008Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer on Android: It's just a press release

  • Google announces new 'My Location' service for Google Maps Mobile - find yourself without GPS

    Maps are great if you know exactly where you’re currently located, but what good are they when you’re completely lost? Navizon is a great solution to help locate your approximate position based on cell-tower signal triangulation (we’ve been using on our iPhones with great results for some time now), and now Google is treading all over their turf. With Google’s announcement of their new “My Location” service on compatible phones with Google Maps for Mobile marks the launch of a public test of the new faux-GPS position location feature. Google says they’ve compiled a database of cell-tower locations through previous Google Maps users, and has employed some “algorithms” (we call them “triangulation equations”) to quickly give Google Maps for Mobile users a fairly accurate lock of their current position. By simply pressing ‘0′ on your keypad, the service can pinpoint locations to within several meters in optimal condition - presumably with at least three cell-towers in range. The “My Location” service is available for free to anyone with Google Maps for Mobile and a compatible cellphone - its in open beta testing, but is available to most BlackBerry, S60, and Windows Mobile users. Users with integrated GPS receivers can use the new “My Location” service for Google Maps Mobile to complement their satellite position-fix when buildings or mountains obscure the line-of-sight required for a GPS signal-lock. Head on over to Google’s download page to find out if your phone is compatible with the upgrade. [Via: Reuters ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Google Maps mobile goes UK; Adds GPS supportTI announces new GPS chipGoogle Maps now native on Windows MobileGoogle Phone = MVNO using O2's network in the UK + Nokia + Google's secret sauceGPS location data on your iPhone - kinda, sorta

  • Google announces open mobile OS Android and Open Handset Alliance

    We expected Google to break the seal on their mobile OS plans today, and they didn’t disappoint. The search giant has formally announced their plans for the mobile space (in part, at least) with their new open mobile operating system, Android . Google has also announced the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) - a group of 33 (so far) tech and wireless companies devoted to developing the for the Android platform. The OHA aims to improve the user experience for mobile users by supporting the open-source Android mobile OS - which is basically a Linux-based mobile platform (OS, software, user interface). Android will give developers and users free reign over any supported device’s functions - any application will be able to use any function on the phone, and users will be able to fully customize their phone’s interface on a whim. “Today’s announcement is more ambitious than any single ‘Google Phone’ that the press has been speculating about over the past few weeks,” said Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. “Our vision is that the powerful platform we’re unveiling will power thousands of different phone models.” Developers will be able to sink their teeth into the Android SDK when it’s released on November 12, but consumers will have to wait until at least halfway through 2008 to see the first Android-based handset hit the market. Forget the GPhone, Google is set to shake up the mobile industry with an entirely fresh approach to the user experience - which is to say, a user experience that can be fundamentally customized to carrier/manufacturer/user needs. Android-based handsets will be more like a toolbox filled with features that the user/carrier/manufacturer can leverage with their own, custom solutions. Want to take a picture? Customize your Android phone with your favorite camera application. Need your contact viewer to integrate with the GPS module? Whip up your own application to do just that. The possibilities...

  • Google Calendar, Reader, Mail revamped for iPhone

    If you’re an iPhone-owning Google Calendar/Reader/Mail addict, then you’ll be glad to hear that Google has tweaked their Calendar, Reader and Mail web-applications to work more nicely with the iPhone’s Safari browser. The new Mobile Gmail interface has lost a bit of weight and now loads pretty quickly. Google Reader has also dropped some weight to work speedily with the iPhone (even over EDGE, and it’s blazing over WiFi). And Google Calendar shows you all you calendar events as color-coded entries to make it easier to see what’s on your agenda with a quick glance. Google sure is working hand-in-hand with Apple. They’ve got the entire gamut of productivity services locked-down on the iPhone, even if Google Calendar and Google Mail are a bit redundant with the iPhone’s own apps. [Via: iPhone Central ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Google to Offer Mobile Access to Google CalendarOfficial iPhone RSS reader?Google Phone = MVNO using O2's network in the UK + Nokia + Google's secret sauceReader Mini lets you use Google Reader on your Internet TabletSynchronize Google Calendar with your phone

  • GPS location data on your iPhone - kinda, sorta

    Why wait for the next-gen iPhone to get your GPS fix ? With Navizon’s new natively-installed iPhone application, Navizon, your iPhone can serve up location-data right through your Google Maps app. The iPhone doesn’t have a GPS module, you say? Well, Navizon uses WiFi hotspot information and Cellular triangulation to get a fix on your position. It’s not the most accurate way to get location data, but if you’re completely lost and have no idea where you are, just fire up your car’s navigation system look at street signs ask somebody hit up the Navizon application on your iPhone. The Navizon app will pinpoint (we use the term loosely here) your location on your Google Maps screen. But, don’t be surprised if you can’t get a location-fix because of a lack of known WiFi or Cellular signals. Navizon is a pay service - about $25 for the software (but you get a free 15-day trial when you register on Navizon’s webpage). Check it out. As much as it might sound as if we don’t like the less-than-accurate service, it’s actually pretty cool - we just don’t like having to pay for third-party software that could quite easily be broken with the next iPhone update. Where can you find Navizon? Through Installer.app , of course. ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:iPhone to get a GPS in 2008Sidekick to get a GPSSprint GPS/Data Bundle - FinallyBlue Sky Positioning announces their GPS enabled SIM cardAT&T / Cingular improving EDGE speeds for Apple iPhone launch!
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