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Shifting Google Gears to mobile
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on March 03, 2008
Posted by Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google mobile teamEver use a mobile web application and suddenly lose your cell connection? That's happened to me many times. If you've shared my pain, you'll be excited to know that we've launched Google Gears for mobile, which lets users access Gears-enabled mobile web apps offline. Initially available for Internet Explorer Mobile on...
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Google search to be the default for Opera's mobile browsers
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on February 26, 2008
Posted by Michael Fisher, Mobile Strategic Partner Development ManagerIf you're one of the millions of people with an Opera Mobile or Opera Mini browser on your phone, you may be pleased to know that Google will soon be the default search engine on the browser start page. We're certainly excited about it -- it will now be even easier for Opera's new and current mobile users to get the...
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Get bus and train directions on the go with Google Maps for mobile
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Ryan Pollock on June 04, 2008
Posted by Joe Hughes, Software EngineerEver since Google Maps added public transportation directions for San Francisco, it's been a lot easier for me to figure out which buses and trains will get me where I'm going around town, so that today's gas prices take less of a toll on my wallet. Even so, I've often found myself wishing that I had an easy way to get transit directions...
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YouTube for Mobile unveils millions of videos and beta Java application
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on January 23, 2008
Posted by Lawrence Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamIf you own an iPhone or a Helio Ocean, chances are you've already been enjoying some of YouTube's tens of millions of videos through custom applications developed for your device. On the other hand, if you have a phone that supports streaming video and you've been visiting m.youtube.com through your mobile browser,...
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Got a Nokia smartphone? Search Google faster than ever
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on February 20, 2008
Posted by Robert Hamilton, Product Manager, Google mobile teamAt Google we like things that are fast: fast search, fast email, fast everything. In fact, we're so in love with speed that we don't even like the time it usually takes to launch a browser, head to Google and perform a search on our favourite Nokia smartphones. So, we decided to do something to speed it up.From today, if you...
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Google on the iPhone makes News, goes around the world and to your Apps domain
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on April 30, 2008
Posted by Ulf Waschbusch, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamGoogle fürs iPhone jetzt auch in deutsch! Et en français .. en in Nederlands and in many more languages. When we launched our new Google interface for the iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco last January, a number of you approached us at our booth and asked when you could use our new interface in your home country. (Yes, San...
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How long does it take you to type?
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on May 22, 2008
Posted by Maryam Kamvar, Software EngineerWe all know that typing on mobile phones can sometimes be a headache -- especially if the phone in question has a small 9-key keypad. On those kinds of devices, we estimate that it takes an average of 40 seconds and 41 key presses to enter a query. When it comes to key presses, that's more than double what it takes on other phones!In an effort to help...
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Google enables Location-aware Applications for 3rd Party Developers
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on June 06, 2008
Posted by Zhengrong Ji and Ravi Jain, Google mobile teamAt Google we're very excited about the promise of location technology to drive innovation in the mobile industry. We of course use this location technology already in Google Maps for mobile with the My Location feature. However, we wanted 3rd party developers to also have access to the same location technology across multiple platforms....
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Impressions of CES
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on January 10, 2008
Posted by Lawrence Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamAs the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show winds to a close, some of you may have wondered if any of us attended. Some of us did make it to Las Vegas, primarily in support of and to meet some of our partners who demo'd some pretty neat t
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My Location on the iPhone and other Updates
via Official Google Mobile Blog by Lawrence Chang on January 15, 2008
Posted by Jerry Morrison, Software Engineer, Google mobile teamAt Macworld today, version 1.1.3 of Apple's iPhone software was announced that includes updates to Google Maps for mobile and IMAP access to Gmail. You can get the updated software by syncing your iPhone with iTunes and agreeing to the update.Once you get the latest version, Google Maps for mobile on the i
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