Earlier this month on the Official Google Blog, we announced how stars make search more personal by allowing you to mark and rediscover your favorite content. Today, we are extending this feature so that you can get to your favorite content on your phone, anytime, anywhere. For example, if you previously searched for "car reviews" and starred a few sites that were useful while researching cars on your computer, searching for "car reviews" on your phone will allow you to rediscover your starred items. If there are additional results that you want to star while on mobile, simply click the star marker beside the result, and you will be able to see it later when searching from your computer or phone.
To try this yourself, go to google.com on your phone's browser, sign in to your Google Account and do a search. Star a few results and then do the search again to see your starred items appear at the top of your results. To see the same starred items between computer and phone, make sure you are signed in to the same account. The stars in search functionality is currently supported on Android phones, iPhones/iPods, and Palm WebOS devices in the US.
Posted by Zhen Wang, Google Mobile Engineering Team
If no more fussy any equipment left the shop, Home Theater of the LG Blu-ray 5.1 enough to satify demand for quality sound image of the user.
HB954PB is a compact Home Theater system of LG. It's most advanced and equipped with a lot of features. The reader not only act as an early Blu-ray but also a surround amplifier, radio, iPod dock and adjust the channel 5.1 audio.
With traditional design glossy black, the reader is at a range of green just below disc tray. Turquoise blue color is also added at most mainstream across the entire system, especially on the speakers design champagne glasses features that LG has released before.
The installation of the system becomes quite easy because the wires are distinguished by color. However, the orchestra has no advanced features automatically based on the volume of the Sony or Panasonic, the user must manually adjust the parameters altitude and distance of the speakers to achieve the optimum position .
Reader have ipod dock
Besides the Blu-ray, users can take advantage of the orchestra as a FM radio or iPod dock thanks to the slot is placed right on the surface. Slot supports all the latest iPod models, including iPod and iPhone. When you plug iPod into the slot, the custom on the iPod will be transferred to the control layout.
HB954PB equipped with a USB port support playing DivX movies and music formats MP3 and WMA. However, DivX HD format is not supported, so only see movies with a resolution instead of 720p or 1080p standard. Settlement also does not support movies listening to music over the network which is becoming time-upper. However, if the conductor connected to the Internet, users can search video on YouTube and see the applications available. B954PB two HDMI connections support external devices such as set top play TV games or the game.
Basically, Blu-ray is still the main goal of the orchestra, so the quality of picture and sound on the disk is most impressive. Disc load time faster, supports full BD Live content, image display sharp, detailed with very natural color.
The speakers each have a capacity of 155 watt speakers.
On the audio system speakers speaker May 1 with the capacity 155 Watt 225 Watt sub plus speakers bring total capacity up to 1000 Watt enough clamor do any street corner. However, the sound just became perfectly with uncompressed formats Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD.
Source with good quality sound and high sound middle of the system shows very sharp and in, however, bass is not strong enough and not integrate fully into the music field. Anyhow sound quality is excellent at, especially with large capacity when expressed in the large room.
Although the blue accents in the design of the orchestra conductor HB954PB makes colors look slightly sesame and seem to lack weight, but with excellent picture quality and sound is impressive here is still a conductor in family compact to the eye to be considerable.
With skill long jump champion, frogs Ping enough reason to own high-complacency, and finally to being the power of the bad habits inert grip. If vascular development in the direction of the story, we can imagine the ending will be the lesson table sterile arguments about the bid for independence arrogant, conservative, to the late regret of Ping .
Ping - A Frog in Search of a New Pond: jump to bring the age
But no, the story is compelling, Stuart Avery Gold lead readers on an adventure with extremely interesting comment Ping frogs to find a change, change from the inner mind. "The journey is the most meaningful journey inside each of us, to firmly step on the journey he, Ping need the help of a wisdom owl . From there, the Owl and Frog long way to go through the same arduous for my mental training, to overcome challenges to find the way of wisdom - the way LIFE HAS DEFINITE AIM - between life, where every individual has can hold her own destiny through the process of Enlighten.
Unlike other work other types of nice life, often repeating the same core story,"Ping - A Frog in Search of a New Pond" is a breakthrough all be distinct, content and style . With this story, Stuart Avery Gold's pen shows in the most skilled minds farce, the intelligent, erudite calculated in both the construction of the core story and suggests the open spirit of valuable lessons treatment.
A book is selling in the world, Ping - beyond Four was published nearly 20 languages and a spread on all continents with a strange attraction from, from England, Spain, France, Germany, Russia, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand,Vietnam...
Ping - A Frog in Search of a New Pond deserve a gift for the best-of-the-young-year old - "Young" in the cognitive world and life experience, and for those who are having to monitor in work, love, life or feel as if they are stuck in the mud when the pond was dry.
We’ve previously given you a fewtips on using Google Buzz for mobile, and today we’re focusing on the Buzz layer in Google Maps for mobile. As many of you have found out, location puts a different spin on Google Buzz, adding context to posts and letting anyone find relevant public posts in a natural way -- on a map! We wanted to share some tips on a few creative ways we’ve seen you using the Google Buzz layer.
Explore the world around you Are you curious if there’s anything interesting going on nearby? Enable the Buzz layer in Google Maps, then select any icon from the map or open the list view to see all the posts from the map area you’re viewing. We’ve found patients chatting from different hospital rooms, neighbors discussing a power outage, and even some public flirting. Here are a few more awesome examples we’ve stumbled upon:
A father hearing his baby’s first heartbeats at the hospital
Status updates of a rooftop fire being put out in San Francisco
Shooting of the TV show “Trauma” on location
Photos of the stadiums being built for the World Cup in South Africa
Ask questions and get answers If you’re exploring a new area and looking for tips, post a question, and someone browsing Buzz in the area may be able to provide a quick answer. A few weeks ago on President’s Day, I was hanging out in the Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. Rather than take my chances, I posted a question asking what the parking rules were. A friendly local soon informed me that I’d be free of parking stress -- meters were enforced but permit parking was not.
Share a picture worth a thousand words Even if you could type 100 words a minute from your phone, sometimes a picture tells a different story than words could ever describe. Google Maps for mobile or the Android Buzz widget lets anyone share a picture of their favorite dish or the funny street sign they’ve found. Just attach a photo to your post or take a new one before posting. We’ve found great cases of citizen photo journalism on the public Google Buzz layer, such as traffic accidents blocking roads and location-tagged Picasa Web Albums showing the earthquake recovery in Haiti.
Give tips or learn about places Google Buzz posts you create in Maps will always include your location (i.e. “My Location”) by default, but you can easily change the approximate location to a specific place, such as a restaurant. For example, change the post’s location and select the restaurant from the suggestions list before posting to give a recommendation or tip. Alternatively, you can search for the restaurant in Maps and select the Google Buzz option from the search results page (the post’s location will automatically be the restaurant). Now, people reading your post will know that your recommendation is about that exact restaurant, and your recommendation will be available for anyone browsing that restaurant’s search results page.
...and one reminder Because we built Google Buzz in Maps for mobile to let you share information about places with the world, posts from Maps are always public to the web and include a location, either your approximate one or a specific place you choose.
To get started, install the latest version of Google Maps 4.0+ on your Android 1.6+, Windows Mobile, or Symbian S60 phone (BlackBerry coming soon; see availability details) by visiting m.google.com/maps on your phone and going to Layers > Buzz from the Maps main menu. From Android, iPhone, and iPod touch devices, you can also use the buzz.google.com Nearby view and map just like the Maps layer.
Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. Give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page!
Posted by Chris Nguyen, Product Marketing, Google Mobile Team
If you have a BlackBerry Storm or Storm2, and have been wondering when you'd have access to Google Mobile App and features like search by voice, then we hope you'll be happy with today's news. We're launching a new version of Google Mobile App for BlackBerry Storm and Storm2.
This version contains all of the useful features of Google Mobile App, but is tailored for BlackBerry touchscreen devices. You can search using your voice instead of typing your query. Just hold the green button and speak your query in English, Mandarin Chinese, or Japanese. You can also use Google Mobile App to search your BlackBerry's email and contacts. To find an email, you can search for the name of the person who sent you an email, or a phrase from the body of the message. If you'd rather Google Mobile App not search your email and contacts, you can turn off Phone Search in the options screen. Information about your contacts and content from your emails is accessible only on your device; Google Mobile App does not send this data to Google.
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hold the green key to start search by voice
Google Mobile App also includes a few other conveniences to make searching easy, such as Google Suggest and search history. Google Mobile App also links to other Google services, such as Google Maps and Gmail, so you can access them quickly.
Google Mobile App is available in seven languages in more than twenty countries.
To download Google Mobile App to your BlackBerry, visit m.google.com in your BlackBerry's browser. If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to learn more, please visit our help center.
Practical instructions to reach personal freedom, the book six years one of the top of The New York Times bestseller and sold more than 4 million copies worldwide of the Mexican author Don Miguel Ruiz.
Considered the experience of Don Miguel Ruiz on survival and happiness of man, the book led to the award and led the most basic freedom to reach the spirit as well as individuals with Kaifeng point very close to Buddhist ideology.
By Don Miguel Ruiz, social rationalism organized necessary to sustain life in the community, but with the law and the value (imposed) are at risk of degradation and taken advantage of, the social Left is "hell", prevent people returning to the foot calculation, the true joy of his life.
Since then, Don Miguel Ruiz has made three agreements started:
No offense to your response: Please speak with the sincere. Just say what you intend to say. Do not use words to combat rumors blowing about yourself or others. Using the power of your words under the guidance of truth and love.
Not gather everything: Nothing others do is because you all. What others say and do is their plans, their dreams. When you are not affected by comments and actions of others, you will not become victims of useless suffering.
No assumption: Let the courage to ask questions and express what you really want. Information to others is as transparent as possible, avoid misleading, upset and exaggeration. Alone with this agreement, you can change her life completely.
With agreement on the three, the author aims to emphasize personal relationships with the community in which to higher domains of individual, owner comments, confidence and honesty that is essentially go back to the individuals up, with nature is a pre-conscious. Finally the last agreement : Always make with all abilities: to limit your ability not invariant. It will be very different when you're healthy, these opposite you sick. In any circumstances, go to do their best, and you will avoid the ballast main character myself, my self-harm and regret.
The quoted its excellent / The comments specifically about the book
"The four agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz disclose the source of beliefs about the self-limitation has to rob our joy and suffering caused useless. Based on the understanding of ancient Toltec beliefs, four agreements for a rule is full of moral power could quickly transform our lives into a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love "- Powell's Book
"This is really a book of great intelligence, with free wine on the prospects of thousands of ancient sites throughout the book, the realization of spirit and that modern readers can contact and apply to everyday life on his own. I warmly encourage readers of all ages, religion and culture, please welcome to read it. This book can be used as book 'save their own', but its value does not stop there. It can also be viewed as a religious text study, but the value beyond that. True nature, it is the 'book of Toltec Brainy'. Ruiz shared thanks to us "- Elizabeth Bissette
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Don Miguel Ruiz was born in 1952 into a family in rural Mexico, the son a curandera (healer) and grandchildren a nagual (powwow). The family soon find that Miguel will inherit the legacy of family and long development esoteric Toltec knowledge. But modern life made him xao neglect it. He selected test Medical School and became a surgical doctor. He knew English and often lectured across the United States.
Adjacent one death has changed his life. One night early in 1970, he met a terrible traffic accident. When recalled, Don Miguel affirmed at which he is not in his body, because he saw the hand has pulled his two friends escape danger.
Dizziness after the event, he began to practice self-discover yourself. He spent all the time to learn the ancient wisdom of the ancestors there, with her mother seriously study the inheritance that while attending a prestigious law professors in the Mexico desert. The four agreements are books to share knowledge of the Toltec to help people achieve personal freedom through the agreement and trust with yourself and with others. Book first published in 1997, sold over four million copies worldwide and is ranked in the list of non-fiction book selling. After four agreements, he also wrote many other books, including most notably Beyond Fear (1997) and The Mastery of Love (2002).
CPU CULV combined two graphics cards and eight-cell battery, Asus UL80VT good performance all the office work, entertainment and gaming with the battery running time of 6 hours.
Asus UL80VT 14 inch laptops are the latest line of UL-series aluminum machine ultraportable, using power-saving processor Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3 GHz Cache L2 cache 3 MB and potentially pressure around 33% to 1.73 GHz Technology support Turbo33 . Equipped with the graphics chip Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated and discrete graphics 512 MB Nvidia GeForce G210M with different options, the balance between performance and power consumption through specialized software and Power4Gear Hybrid the working regime of the operating system.
UL80VT simple design, thin and light. The average thickness of the machine is 2.6 cm and the weight 2.1 kg with 8 cell battery. Add your adapter weighs 2.5 kg. Chassis for a completely black with a lid made from aluminum alloy machine grinding smooth very solid. When using strong hand pressed to the surface will feel the strong, no cushion, today as the plastic material to affect the display. In the middle slightly upward light silver Asus logo is diluted. The inside, including the screen and frame buffer is hand painted glossy black to the eye but easily stored fingerprint.
Rough surface chiclet keyboard with multiple function keys are arranged replace keyboard shortcuts, and media seems to be weakness in this design. Hull is quite thin, selecting a keyboard with keys chiclet popular and indirect way be justified. But buffer layer thin separation between the keyboard and the hardware components is not strong enough to hold the keys do not shake. However, the keys are very sensitive and the user will find familiar comfort.
In addition, multi-point touch pad is the same plane with the buffer arm, dragging their fingers very easily out of the sensor, will cause the user takes a certain amount of time to get familiar. In addition, the touch pad surface of the concave point create more friction makes cursor control slowed. Dual mouse buttons are located below the relatively hard, to emphasize the use.
The port connections are arranged on both sides are machines. The left pins of the source, two output VGA and HDMI, two USB ports and audio jack Micro / Headphone. Add a USB port, input jack LAN, memory card reader and DVD burner is located next to the left. Do your body slim, so when you connect devices such as cable, VGA or HDMI inputs thick, should raise up a bit machines easier. DVD drive designed with beveled down to the bottom of the door machine operation requires careful when taking the disk out and insert into the narrow space.
UL80VT with integrated 0.3 megapixel webcam, the ability to capture fast but low quality video image and lack of brightness. If regular video chat or skype call is part of your work should be equipped with a Webcam external to the image quality better.
LED back-lit mirror screen 14 inch, 16:9 aspect ratio, resolution 1366 x 768 pixels for super-bright image clarity, true color, but restrictions on a wide viewing angle. Especially when watching movies, move over the 45o angle difference between the screen, images of blood loss and fading. But at the same angle as if opening the desktop is still clearly see each icon.
Altec Lansing stereo speakers are arranged on either side of the front bottom of machine-sound enough room around 30 m2. Sounds more clearly when listening to music and English conversation while watching movies. But if both work, just listening to music, play music that will be affected by the bottom of your right speaker front cover vulnerable consumers less part.
Asus 14 inch UL80VT configuration includes Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3 GHz, 2 GB RAM DDR3, using the graphics chip Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated and discrete graphics 512 MB Nvidia GeForce G210M, the HDD 320 GB for the test results higher than the average laptop thin segment. Ability to handle media files and play games and much better.
Scores to evaluate the possibility of working hardware-based computer operating system Windows 7 new 32-bit version, Windows Experience Index is 4.8 points. Rate at that Asus UL80VT can run smoother Peak Aero graphical interface with all the default settings, and can see the HD video and gaming on Windows 7.
Test results with PCMark Vantage, evaluate the overall performance of UL80VT was 3387 points, only slightly higher than the average 3101 score. The 3DMark06 score "measuring" processing power of computer graphics really remarkable, reaching 3454 points, higher than two times the 1467 average score of thin lightweight laptop. And "feed off engine entertainment Dell Studio 14z (2101 points) for Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics card.
Antagonists-game Street Fighter IV in its native resolution 1366 x 768 pixels, the smoother UL80VT production at a rate of 30 frames per second. Play soccer game PES 2010, beautiful images in the default resolution 1280 x 720 pixels at a rate of 55 frames per second.With big game, Far Cry 2, UL80VT can still play well with high speed average 45 fps at 1024 x 768 pixels.
With the support of the discrete graphics 512 MB Nvidia GeForce G210M, machines not only help better the game play but also improve the ability to process media files. If only the integrated graphics chip when playing video full-HD 1920 x 1080 pixel "consume" 61% CPU. Have the support of discrete graphics, up only 23% CPU. Addition, the time switch 12 music files. Wav format. Mp3 quality just 4 minutes 40 seconds. And time needed to transfer a video file. 3 minutes 30 seconds long mp4 format. Avi with the same resolution of 2 minutes 25 seconds.
HDD SATA, 320 GB HDD speed 5400 rpm operating speed stability with an average copy data between partitions on your hard drive about 23 MB / sec. Time to copy a folder with 4.9 GB of data between two partition drive D and drive E takes 3 minutes 35 seconds.
Asus UL80VT remarkable results in tests evaluating performance and graphics are thanks to the unique technology that Taiwanese computer firms selected equipment for product strategy, innovative laptop market. CULV Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3 GHz L2 cache 3 MB with Turbo Cache 33 can overclock 33% increase to 1.73 GHz when necessary. Besides the combination chip integrated graphics card Intel GMA 4500MHD and left 512 MB Nvidia GeForce G210M easy option of using the Graphics Boost to help improve performance graphics processor and still save energy. Asus to add or Fast Boot, UL80VT only takes 45 seconds to boot properly operating system Windows 7. If you do not install this add-on, time to boot into Windows 7 is just 50 seconds.
Many features smart technology, optimize the performance execution with 8 cell battery upgrade machines running continuous duration of up to 6 hours 38 minutes mode "Balanced" on Windows 7 and turn on the second graphics card. During 6 hours 38 minutes using alternative jobs constantly surfing via Wi-Fi software Firefox, open office applications Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, Photoshop, listening to music, watch movies and play HD game. This result may confirm the universal use, a full office staff can be assured about the work of running machine for eight hours a day with each full charge.
A prominent difference in comparison with 5530 XpressMusic many machine line is the absence XpressMusic range of music control keys, instead of a push button sensor is activated task bar Media Bar, allowing quick opening means add entertainment, library and sharing online are arranged in the upper right corner, facing the machine.
The stainless steel side frame and covers fashion (black, red-white-blue-red or white) is touch screen 2.9 "(16 million colors) displays bright and sharp angles in any , the ability to automatically rotate the picture frame on your way. Besides three button touch - call, call and cancel open the menu - just below the screen, you will not find any other more pressing the button on the front. Buttons fast imaging, lock the screen and increase / decrease the volume all to itself must be accrued. "Weird" point in a 5530 is memory card hold (cards with your 4GB microSD, 70MB internal memory) in the body include to supplement the SIM slot, but unfortunately you can only draw out the SIM cover and remove the battery from the computer.
Machines operating on the Symbian S60 rel 5.0, support for four GSM bands (850/900/1800/1900) and GPRS integration, Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2DP), USB 2.0 and WiFi 802.11 b / g. Points except for 5530 are not worth the lack of ability to work on 3G networks.
Phone model is natural to listen to music, 5530 with quality surround sound even enjoy living with included with stereo headset or 2 speakerphone integrated. Supported formats most commonly used music and movies, enabling content filtering by artist, album, genre and create own playlist. When viewing the short film standard MPEG-4, Test Lab in 5530 to receive images fine, bright colors and not the shock. Experiment also noted computer can "sing" for about 20 hours continuously, approach the number of hours that 27 firms announced. 5530 also supports connection to Ovi Store to download applications, games, music, movies compatible with Symbian S60 platforms.
Not only strong on entertainment, 5530 gives users quick access social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Friendster or watching YouTube online video. On the home screen also has four icons "a touch" of Facebook and MySpace as well as search tools and integrated FM radio. Also from the home screen is customizable, you may be aware of a new mail account specified email, Contacts Bar - allows scrolling through thumbnail of 20 users in the contacts, allowing fast look up and more to all the phones, the latest message.
Experiment with WiFi and GPRS connection that the browser on 5530 XpressMusic show fast and complete, search features proved quite powerful. For 5530, the touch screen is the "intelligent" than you can comfortably turn the page and scroll similar to the multi-touch touch screen (pen include). Install and easily access email accounts free information and the standard POP3/IMAP4.
Picture in 5530 was maintained at 3.2 megapixels (like 5800 XpressMusic) with flash standard feature with focus automatic mode supports many as 18 consecutive pictures taken, appointments hours, allowing manual brightness, contrast ... as well as support film VGA (15 frames per second, with sound). Photo test room and outdoor night commendable quality, video recording images smooth and clear sound. Photographs can be downloaded quickly to account Ovi, Flickr or Vox.
You can found utility Ovi Suite, Nokia and Nokia Music Photo (installation CD included) easy to install and use, help manage digital music, movies and photos as well as synchronize data (which including email, calendar and contacts) between 5530 and computers more efficiently.
Advantages: Touch screen clear and light sensitivity. Has excellent quality music, surround sound. Intuitive menu and easy to use. Easily connect to Facebook, MySpace. Email reviews.
Disadvantages: No 3G support. Manual comes not really detail. Length of the USB cable comes slightly short.
Since we launched Google Buzz for mobile, we've been working on ways to make it quicker and easier to share your thoughts and experiences while you're out and about.
Today, we're excited to release a Google Buzz widget for Android phones that lets you post text and photos with a single tap. Like other mobile access points for Google Buzz, the widget lets you choose to tag your post with the location or place from which it was posted. You can post buzz about a great meal you had and share photos of the new restaurant. To save time, your posts will upload in the background, letting you get back to your scrumptious dessert without a wait.
The widget is initially available in English for Android phones running v1.6 and later. Search for 'Google Buzz' in the Android Market to download it now. Once installed, you can add it to your home screen: tap "Menu" while on the home screen and select "Add > Widgets > Google Buzz".
We plan to add support for other languages soon. Visit our Help Center to learn more, ask questions in our Help Forum, or give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.
Update on March 22nd @11:10 PM: You can also directly scan the QR code below to install the widget.
Posted by Zak Cohen, Software Engineer, Google Mobile
Orkut is now ready to roll on mobile phones with Android. Now you can stay connected to your orkut friends wherever you go -- via scrap notifications, direct photo uploads to your orkut albums, and a phonebook synced to your orkut friends' phone numbers and status messages. Orkut for Android lets you stay in touch with pals through...
Orkut friends live folders Simply add the list of your orkut friends as a live folder on your home screen, and you'll be able to browse through your friends list even when not under data network coverage. The live folder also lets you communicate (via call, scrap or SMS) with your friends in a single click. To install a live folder, click "Menu > Add > Folders > Orkut" on your Android device’s homescreen after installing the orkut for Android application.
Photo uploads to your orkut albums Gone are the days when you needed to download photos from your Android phone to your computer and then upload them to your orkut albums. Now you can simply upload photos from your Android Photo Gallery. Just click "Menu > Share > Orkut" while browsing your photos in the Android Photo Gallery to get started.
Scrap notification You will get notifications on your Android device when you have new scraps on orkut. The notifications will appear on your Android device notification bar; clicking on notifications will take you to your scrapbook page.
To install the orkut for Android application visit Android Market from your Android device and search for "orkut" under the social applications category. You can also directly scan the QR code below to install it. Note that the application is available only for Android devices running version 1.6 or higher. Hope to see you on orkut for Android soon!
Posted by Deepak Sethi and Alok Goel, software engineer and product manager
Making sense of a fast paced and changing world is difficult under the best of circumstances, but when you’re on the go, it’s even harder. With the new Google Maps for mobile 4.1, we’re introducing a few features that make sorting through search results or quickly seeing Maps info a bit easier.
Updated search results page With the newly reimagined Google Maps for mobile search results page, we’ve done away with the tabs to give you all the info you want on one page. Tap the new buttons to see the place on the map, get directions, call it, or see it with Street View. The extra space let us bring details and reviews right up front.
Swipe for more results Take a look at the new page, and you can quickly see that Milk Pail Market specializes in cheese, has mostly 4 and 5 star ratings, and also sells fresh vegetables. You can select any section to see more reviews, buzz, etc. If you want to get to more search results without going back to the list, simply grab the page with your finger and swipe it away to the left or right to see the next or last result.
Latitude widget and Maps live wallpaper Once you’ve updated to Maps 4.1, you’ll also have a couple different ways to put Maps up close and personal on your phone. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could quickly find your nearest friends or glance at the traffic conditions around you without opening Maps? Add the Latitude widget to a home screen panel to see your nearest Latitude friends by pressing the “Menu” button from the home screen and selecting Add > Widgets > Latitude. On Android 2.1+ phones, you can also turn your home screen into one big, updating map using the Maps live wallpaper. Press the “Menu” button from your home screen and select Wallpaper > Live wallpapers > Maps. Now you can see nearby friends or a map each time you open your home screen.
Switch Google Accounts We’ve been adding more and more features that sync with your Google Account whether you’re on your phone or your computer. If you’re managing multiple identities, Maps now lets you switch the Google Account it uses between the accounts you’ve synced to your Android-powered phone. From the Maps menu, select More > Switch Account to sign out of your current account and sign in to a different one. Features like Google Buzz, Latitude, Starred items, My Maps, and more can then begin using whichever account you’ve chosen.
Get these new features at your fingertips by searching for “Google Maps” in Android Market from Android 1.6+ phones. Update Maps to version 4.1, available in all the countries and languages where Maps is currently available. Visit our Help Center to learn more, ask questions in our Help Forum, or give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.
Posted by Chiu-Ki Chan and Andrew Oplinger, Software Engineers, Google Mobile
Since we launched Gesture Search on Android Market two weeks ago, I've seen quite a bit of feedback. For example, some of you have requested Gesture Search for earlier versions of Android, as well as access to it outside the US.
I'm happy to share with you that Gesture Search is now available on devices with Android 1.6 and higher. Additionally, it can be downloaded in all countries where Android Market is available, although it continues to only recognize the English alphabet. The new version also includes some improvements to performance and bug fixes. Please try it out and let me know what you think.
When Samsung i900 Omnia appeared a few months ago, the features of the smartphone was quickly attract users, and become formidable to the iPhone.
This device has the form table with relatively large touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, Samsung is also the user interface for easier use with fingers. As these devices to users today, Samsung Omnia i900 capacities up to megabytes.
Samsung Omnia i900 review will focus on the segments below:
1. Design and construct 2. Features of the device 3. Touch Wiz 4. Wireless 5. Performance 6. Conclusion
Design and construct
The best way to describe the device Ominia is compared iPhone. This device has several features similar to the iPhone, although there are some differences: Samsung Omnia i900 has a removable extra battery under the black crust and many more key, memory card slot, and many other features again.
If you see the screen quite odd, actually have legitimate reasons for that. Ommia resolution screen with 400 pixel non-standard length and width is 240. Screen is described as WQVGA, "or" QVGA widescreen "in some respects. But this phrase meaningless because there is no one standard naogoi Widescreen QVGA is. Samsung Omnia i900 does not support the standard Windows Mobile screen.
Samsung Omnia i900's screen is 3.2 inch diagonal, so the device looks larger 2.8 inch screen is often used in other Windows Mobile Pro. However, its size is less than 3.5 inch compared to the iPhone as of 3.8 inch HTC Touch HD.
Below the screen are two keys, and standard keyboard keys stop a call, which is commonly used in all phone and locate the small black button.
Features of the device
Omina has special features that you want in a handheld device. That's TV output, FM radio, the GPS receiver, large flash memory cards, integrated 5 MPx camera, and a few other features. outside the device is also Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 128 MB RAM and 624 MHz processors.
Some features of this phone, but almost everyone is sure to use the Omnia's large memory. With version 8 GB and 16 GB, this smart phone memory any more than a device using Windows Mobile else on the market. 16GB micro SDHC card, you can use them with 32 Gb of computer equipment, something the iPhone never do.
Interface: Touch Wiz
Can be said that the unique interface of the phone Omnia's arsenal is the "TouchWiz" Samsung inherent in the device. This feature is designed very convenient to use. The key symbol and larger, sliding table ..., all of 9 yards. The best thing here is you can make up to 90% daily work without having to delve into Windows Mobile Pro interface.
Comments around TouchWiz different. While some aspects of the design application area is quite good, Today Screen replacement unimpressive. Ability to drag and drop items from the toolbar on the main screen theory is quite good, but that will unsettle the screen. Many people quite concerned about this, but this may be simply a matter of preference.
A disadvantage of the Samsung Omnia i900 is a keyboard. When your input is the default mode T9 whether you choose to enter other data relevant hon.Trong you can change settings, designed keyboard made it difficult to use. Some people feel annoying installed Resco Keyboard instead.
As Samsung has changed quite a lot, you may not use the Omnia absolutely no thought of using the old Pro Windows Mobile interface, such as when you want to change the settings devices.Maybe this is causing much trouble one, not only by the interface that the device has been missing: Stylus. Unlike other phone WM Pro, Omina not support stylus, so difficult when you need a precise message. Instead, the device supports stylus outside the wire term. It is not stylish.
Wireless
Comes to wireless features of Omia, need to explain a little. Omnia has the same version of a version by eXpansys and other airlines sell, but no features of 3G use in the United States. This is because the device does not support the 2100 MHz 3G, coverage in Europe, Asia, but coverage here.
Therefore, a need for a different version of Omnia supports quad-band US / Canada. This band has recently FCC approved for use in the United States. But not allowed to introduce to the market, so if in North America, be careful before buying any empty.
Although the rumors seem to reverse order, the possibility that the U.S. version of the AT & T Omnia will be officially introduced. Providers will use the Verizon Wireless Omina, quite interesting to watch. This version of EV-DO.
Of course, both the current version of the Omnia are quad-band integrated GSM / EDGE, so both versions are using any network without the need to consider 3G. Most importantly, the device is integrated Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g. Bluetooth connectivity lets do all the things that the iPhone does not do as BT headphones, AVRCP,, AVRCP, and Bluetooth sync.
Performance
With 624 MHz processors, to admit that the speed of Omina be slower than expected speed users. Operation of the device, at least work the user interface quite similar to the 400 MHz machine. Using 1400 mAh battery, the smartphone has reduced the amount of power. Quite appropriate if we use this device primarily as phone, but Wi-Fi and use the best media.Tot should consider the use of two batteries.
Conclusions
Ominia i900 is a device with hardware good, if you're familiar with the use of its features. Whether or not, there are many opinions on this device. If you are experienced and carefully studied the device, you will feel completely satisfied with Ominia i900. If not reason or bid on the original as you think, so not many devices equipped with hardware features such as better FM radio, TV out, GPS, and a shiny launcher.
Can be summed strengths and weakness of Ominia i900 as follows:
Advantages:
Monitor quality Internal GPS TV out Style Large memory
Disadvantages:
Touch interface is quite unpleasant Computer running fast No out pen test
If you really were impressed with the features Web browsing, video and audio quality of the Apple iPhone, but still not completely satisfied, then the iPod touch will meet even stricter requirements of you. Memory up to 8GB, 16G and 32 GB, iPod touch is actually a device that music and video technology to meet the high demand for most of the features.
Design and interface is relatively similar to the Apple iPhone, iPod touch the size and weight are very compact. Machine size 110 x 61.8 x 8 mm, steel covered hard shell, feeling sure the user. Touch screen machines are designed for scratch-resistant, but the back is designed steel shell like your iPhone and iPod lines should be easy to scratch and dirty.
Machine only 2 buttons on the body, a button on the side so that users can access the main menu, and shortcut buttons above the hull. The control and use mainly user operation via touch screen, with those who have been familiar with the Apple iPhone probably will not be unfamiliar with the use of the iPod touch.
The difference in design of the iPod touch with iPhone is a headphone jack and volume control utility. While the iPhone sometimes make users uncomfortable with the position headphone jack is inconvenient standard headphone jack is 3.5 of the iPod touch is designed right on the edge surface of the hull to help the user can easily use headphones senior preferred. Besides, the iPod touch has integrated useful functions to help users to use audio volume control right on the screen when double-click menu on the main screen, through the main screen, users can also of other utilities such as listening to music, stop, move songs. Perhaps you will find a device with better quality music, or have more features, but sure you will not find a device that can bring the same feeling as when you use the iPod touch.
The iPod is integrated to 99% of the features of the iPhone. HP integrates features such as POP / IMAP email, built-in speakerphone, microphone, camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and various utilities such as weather forecasts. Besides the entertainment features such as support Safari Web browser, connect to the Youtube video page, view photos, listen to music, watch videos, and especially the feature to connect to the iTunes music store over Wi-fi makes iPod touch is still the products most advanced video today. The fact that currently only the Archos 605 WiFi is the integrated features such as Web browsing over wi-fi, online music store, video screen size, viewing photos, music, etc.. A more advanced utility that you will not find in the iPhone is its ability to manage the information about songs, videos without using iTunes software.
One noteworthy feature is the iPod touch, shows a clear difference with the iPhone is its ability to access photos, video to TV via Apple AV cable, Universal Dock, or accessories support to view video features. One of the most sad in your iPod touch is not supported as a USB storage, there will be more disappointed about this shortcoming of the iPod touch.
Music files formats supported by iPod touch nothing different products iPods. HP supports the basic format as AAC music files, MP3, Audible, WAV, AIFF and Apple Lossless. The video formats supported include files H.264/MP4, computer support video resolution 640 x 480 at a rate of 30 fps.
Safari web browser features are integrated in the iPod touch does not have as many special versions are integrated in the iPhone, not the world still lack some features. For example, because there is no feature of a phone, so users can send email or call to the email address or telephone number on the site. The email from webmail like Gmail or Yahoo mail works on Safari but not feature copy and paste text, enter your email address into the browser and cause many difficulties. Addition, like the Safari on the iPhone integration, version on the iPod can not display the flash format files on the website.
Although still limited, but the use Safari on a small handheld device like the iPod touch is still very useful and interesting. Keyboard touch and browsing multimedia as well as management program is to bring convenience to users feel comfortable using the iPod touch.
Some noteworthy deficiencies in the iPod touch as FM radio or voice recording, but may be due to the iPod touch have integrated so many advanced features, so that Apple has not "fixed stuffing" out features common to a small device like this. Also machines do not support memory card slot though have memory up to 8GB or 16 GB, however, some companies like Archos or Creative has integrated the ability to expand memory with the SD card slot products of their large memory.
One more point that may need to overcome the iPod in this sample, as mentioned above, the ability to support Flash format on the Safari browser. Currently many websites as well as providing entertainment information for using the very popular image format into flash site to increase its appeal, as well as providing a full range of visual information, or as simple as displaying video files in flash format with smaller size, so be very convenient for users if the iPod touch Safari can support this format. Besides, maybe even to add other programs such as programs written text in notepad has iPhone, features support for playing games on iTunes and listen to stereo music via Bluetooth headset.
When bringing the experiment, the quality of the iPod touch music player does not have so many outstanding products with the same brand. This makes the experimental group rather disappointed with a machine so expensive. Like other products of Apple, no machine features manual EQ adjustments, users can select one of 20 preset EQ mode on. Besides image quality on the iPod video is very good
Some model Ipod touch you can refer
Machine used battery duration continuous operation is 22 hours when listening to music, video duration is 5 hours. It can be said, the iPod touch is a product relatively perfect, but the price is relatively high so, perhaps you should consider carefully before deciding to buy a high quality product like that, because the features such as web browser, wifi connection Youtube or just extra features that you may rarely used to, and functions of the iPod Touch is still the music and video.
Last week we shared some tips for getting the most out of Google Buzz for mobile. We're back with more ways to help you become a power buzz poster and find the most interesting buzz while you're on the go. Try these 5 tips for the Google Buzz for mobile web app (buzz.google.com) on your iPhone or Android 2.0+ device.
1. Post buzz with your voice. You can post your public buzz simply by speaking it. From the Google Mobile App for iPhone or Quick Search Box on Android, select the voice search icon, say "post buzz" followed by the text you'd like to post, and watch your words appear. Before your post is sent, you'll be able to edit it or change its tagged location.
2. Filter the Nearby tab for a specific place. From the Nearby tab, you can easily filter buzz by a specific place, such as a sushi restaurant you're about to walk by, to only see posts from that place. Open the menu showing nearby places, for example "Tartine Bakery and 20+ other locations nearby," and then select a specific place from the list. Now, you'll see all the public buzz anyone's ever posted from that place or you can quickly create a post that is tagged with the place. To go back, just open the same menu and select your current location shown with the blue dot. You'll once again see all the recently posted buzz around your location.
3. Search! As you'd expect from any Google product, Google Buzz for mobile has a powerful search feature that lets you search all public buzz for topics that interest you. Open the menu or just select the magnifying glass icon to see the search bar. You can also search specifically for nearby posts by checking the "Search nearby" box before submitting your search (it's already checked if you're in the Nearby tab). Now you can find out what people around you are saying about the closest pizza spot or a traffic jam.
4. Post from your city-level location. Tagging a post with your location is easy and adds context to your buzz posts. Sometimes, your post isn't about a specific place or you'd rather not share your exact location. You can easily show your city-level location, so your post has a general city location tagged and will be browsable in the Nearby view and Maps Buzz layer. When posting, just select the ">" in the location box, scroll down, and select the city-level location option.
5. Refresh your location. On the other hand, sometimes you really want your location to be exact. When you visit the Nearby tab or want to tag your post with a location, Google Buzz will try to get your location using your phone's GPS. If you're not happy with the location accuracy, you're moving, or you're just stepping outside to get a GPS signal, hit the 'refresh' icon to tell the Google Buzz web app to get your location again. You can also learn more about troubleshooting location problems.
Stay tuned for more tips! Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. You can also give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.
Posted by Chris Nguyen, Product Marketing, Google Mobile
Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering, demonstrated last December a preview version of Product Search for mobile with local inventory, which lets you see right in your search results whether items are in stock at nearby stores. We're happy to announce that as of today, if you're searching for a product that is sold by participating retailers, including Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, or West Elm, you can just look for the blue dots in the search results to see if it's available in a local store. If you see a blue dot, you can tap on the adjacent "In stock nearby" link, and you'll be taken to the seller's page where you'll see whether the item is "In Stock" or has "Limited Availability" near you. You'll also see how far away the stores are from you -- as long as you've enabled My Location or manually specified your location.
If you have an iPhone, Palm WebOS phone, or any Android-powered device, and you're in the US, just go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on the "more" link, and then select "Shopping." Or look for the "Shopping results" section in Universal Search results when you search on Google.com. Finally, if you're a retailer and you'd like to participate in this program, we want to hear from you. Please fill out this brief form to let us know that you'd like to be considered. In the meantime, you can get prepared by making sure your Local Business Center data is up to date, and ensuring that your Product Search data is in great shape.
Posted by Paul Lee and Yury Pinsky, Product Managers
Last March, we launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones. Since then, the application was translated to 12 languages, installed on millions of devices around the world, and has been chosen as a Nokia Ovi Top App of 2009. Today we’re excited to announce the release of the latest version of the YouTube Mobile app, version 2.4.
We strongly believe that faster is better. The YouTube Mobile app is designed to be the fastest way to find and play a video on your smartphone. In the initial release we minimized the number of features and focused on speed for things that matter - app startup, finding a video, and starting playback.
In today’s release we have added search query suggestions, ‘My Account’ support, and a new homescreen user interface that is optimized for larger screens. Now when you log into your YouTube account on our phone, you can view your favorites, subscriptions and playlists from wherever you are. Let’s say you have recently found an amazing basketball shot video and favorited it on your desktop PC. When you’re at the basketball court with your friends all you need to do is launch the YouTube app and go to your “Favorites” to show it to them.
Another feature that we have added is query suggestions. When you type into the YouTube search box, you get relevant suggestions. This saves on typing which is especially useful for mobile phones where text input may be difficult.
To download the app on your Windows Mobile or Nokia S60 phone, simply visit m.youtube.com/app in your phone's browser. For more information, please take a look at the YouTube Help Center.
Posted by Andrey Doronichev, Product Manager, YouTube Mobile
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