Microsoft unveiled its Bing search app for Android today. But if you want to get in on the action, you’re going to have to have a Verizon phone, as it’s exclusive to the carrier’s section of the Android Market. (Place your bets on how quickly it…
One of the shining features of Android is its ability to understand what you want. Case in point: the voice-to-text feature. You speak, it listens. Here’s a quick tip for an easy Google search. Hold down the search button on your phone. A win…
Every Android phone has a standard set of buttons at the bottom. They may be physical — with parts that move — or they may be capacitive, reacting to your touch. The order may change, but the functions are the same. You’ll find: Home: Retu…
Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It’s pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we’re expecting it to be really good on Windows Phone 7. So it only makes sense that we get to play …
Google is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the search world. It’s about darn time the folks at Mountain View did this one. Now, when you enter a search at google.com on your Android (or iPhone) device, you get relevant results for mobile apps too. They will appear at the top of the search results, and have a quick view of some of the application details — price, rating and developer. A quick press will forward you right to the application’s market page, where the full description can be read and you can decide whether or not to download.
For now, this is limited to the US, with other countries and support for other platforms in the
works for the future. Another big thumbs up Google, keep it coming! [Google Mobile blog]
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Ever done a search on Google only to be directed to web pages created in 2002? A little outdated, if you ask me. Google has remedied this by implementing some new search tools for your desktop PC and Android phone. Now, when you get to the search results page, you will see some added options that will help refine your search, and help you narrow down the more recent results. Google didn’t stop there – it also integrated a time line function, and added something called the "wonder-wheel," which will suggest similar material of your original search. Keep it up Google! [Google]
Google just made a fairly major tweak to its mobile image search. As you can see above, a web-based image search now looks and feels almost like it’s being done natively, on your Android phone. Thumbnails have been optimized for speed, you can flick your way through photos and the black background makes you forget you’re in a web browser. OK, so you You don’t get the zooming effects like you will in an on-device gallery, but it greatly cleans up the mobile interface. And it’s pretty darn cool, if you ask us. Go ahead and give it a shot. [Google]
Mobile searching just got better. Google recently announced Universal Search Suggestions in mobile searches. While you’re typing the search, suggestions are shown with a snippet of information on the topic. Want to know the weather? As you type, the request the information is shown as a suggestion. This also works with the Quick Search Box widget in Android so you can get that fast access to information without leaving your home screens.
Google just keeps making mobile searches better, with more features than anyone else in the game. Location-based searches, starred search results, and mobile-optimized results all make our beloved Android that much better, eh? [Google]
You may remember when Google announced Google Gesture Search, and many of you were sad to find out that it was only available on Android 2.0 and higher. We did a video walk through of this in action for all those who were unable to use it due to device restrictions, but today has become your lucky day. Google now has released a version of this that will now work on Android 1.6 and above. The release unfortunately is still only the English version, although they have made some minor performance improvements, as well as fixed some bugs they had run across. For all those that have not been able to try it out yet, check it out in the market place and let us know what you think. [via Google Mobile Blog]
For those of you still rotting away stuck on Android 1.5 or 1.6, we thought we’d do a little hands-on with the new Google Gesture search, which is only available on Android 2.0 and up. Because we’re sadists and love twisting the knife every chance we get doing the best we can to help get your phones upgraded.
