Gmail for mobile integrates with Google Buzz

When Google Buzz for mobile launched in February, we created the mobile web app at buzz.google.com so you could post buzz on the go. Depending on your inbox integration settings buzz gets sent to your Gmail inbox when people @reply you, comment on something you’ve posted, or comment on a post after you.

With the latest iteration of Gmail for mobile, we’ve worked to integrate buzz with your mobile inbox. Now, you’ll see buzz in your inbox on your phone just like you do in the desktop version of Gmail, complete with the little Google Buzz icon. When you open a buzz post from your inbox, you can perform all the standard functions, such as liking the post or commenting, just as you can from the desktop Gmail inbox.

To try this out, simply go to gmail.com in your iPhone or Android browser.

Alex Kennberg, Software Engineer, Google Mobile

LG GW525 - personal your style

Not only exploit the touch screen to mask a Flash interface as the ability to simulate multi-touch operation,  LG GW525 also adds convenience with QWERTY keyboard ...

Not only exploit the touch screen to mask a Flash interface as the ability to simulate multi-touch operations appear first on "cookies" KP500, LG GW525 also added the convenient QWERTY keyboard used for creating names KS360. When you push your cap right, your keyboard with buttons to appear, and the screen automatically converted to display horizontally.

On the screen 2.8'' (256,000 colors), you can easily bring home interface to display two basic types of symbols commonly used applications or log in touch recently. Found the bottom of the screen are four icons with four main features, including the installation menu system. GW525 intuitive interface, but browsing through the menu, scroll bar with the fingers slightly inconvenient because the pen computer without brooch, while the sensitivity of the touch screen is not really excellent - although feedback feature " shake "works well. Machine just arranged in front of three control buttons; button lock screen and fast photography is set at the right side - the bay on a microSD card (support up to 8GB, internal memory 40MB).


LG GW525 can operate on 4-band GSM, provide enough features Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2DP), GPRS and WAP, next to the support email or standard POP3/IMAP4 email services such as Yahoo !, Hotmail and Gmail, even the Mail for Exchange. Test sending and receiving messages from Yahoo, Gmail and email account through the GPRS connection for good results, simple operation and configuration downloads correctly. GW525 allows quick opening an attachment is a document, spreadsheet, presentation and image. GW525 the offer Push Email (in the Applications menu) has the ability to automatically connect to the server e-mail services (user-specified) for updates and download new email and then notify the used

In addition, GW525 also support 3G, so you see the camera (VGA resolution) arranged on the front to make the phone has. Phone and SMS with the 3G wave good quality.

With send / receive SMS, GW525 brings users like chatting satisfaction as we can "Collection" message corresponding to each phone number / directory and then to display all message overall. QWERTY keyboard with the key characters often used when composing messages or e-mail of LG now on GW525 promote strength.

GW525 equipped with 3-megapixel camera, flash not supported with auto focus. Traditionally, GW525 also supports night, color effects, white balance, exposure compensation and continuous shooting 3/6/9 image (resolution is automatically reduced and features 2x digital zoom is enabled). Meanwhile, the zoom feature when filming is always standing (VGA). Machine also supports fast editing photos, upload photos to Blogger and create short films from the photo gallery tool Muvee Studio.

Information for Vietnam market: LG Price GW525 is 3.49 million VND (including VAT). Components included: headphones, rechargeable battery, manual, USB cable, software CD, 1GB microSD memory card. Supported Vietnamese interface.

Test surf the GW525 showed strong GPRS connectivity, the browser display a full and clear. However, if you do not push aside the keyboard, the screen automatically rotate only when the user move the machine on while browsing, or viewing photos / video, also the main menu or home screen is standing

Of course, your indispensable feature entertainment, providing the music and play movies, integrated FM radio and recording functions effectively. Speakerphone volume is quite large, and clear. Features calendar, notes, calendar, task, alarm clock and search engine Google to find and easy to use - you can set the "one touch" for frequently used features on the home interface .

Supported gaming motion sensor, offer the seal device is lost and the ability to synchronize data from computer software included.

Advantages: Web browser and email easy to use, high speed. Convenient QWERTY keyboard. Interface with 2 optional display shows strong personality of the user.

Disadvantages: Missing wifi connection. Touchscreen not sensitive. Camera is not supported self-focus

You can buy this mobile in: LG GW525 Calisto GSM Unlocked Phone with Camera--International Version with Warranty (Aqua Blue)

Samsung S3650 Corby - Gift for woman and young people

The touchscreen phone has the best price of the sensitivity of the model cell phone manufacturers "top 5" global. Products are specially designed for younger users and women.

Samsung S3650 Corby has quickly become one of a "hot" one on the mobile phone market in many country after being sold Samsung announced.

One of the strengths of this product is specially designed for younger users, students, students ... expressed from the color to the chassis for applications within, from design to bidding.

Small size, 103x56, 5x12 mm, users can easily put the phone in your pocket or pants pocket. Front of the machine with shiny black back and full of colors and patterns. Users can choose colors for Samsung S3650 Corby hot, vibrant such as orange, pink, yellow, and white (with two shells are presented together with the machine). All of them are glossy as well as front.

The front has a touch screen 2.8 "TFT technology, 256 thousand colors. Display quality is quite good. Samsung S3650 Corby is also equipped with TouchWiz interface touch with a widget bar. Specifically, S3650 Corby also "Teen" when integrated "theme" Cartoon with menu icons, wallpaper graphics by hand is fun, handwriting font ... you can use by touching S3650 Corby Induction drag / drop a comfortable and easy; vibration feedback technology is also integrated. Unfortunately, this screen does not switch to "posture" is horizontal, it also means a lot when preparing a message, you must type on a "keyboard" virtual size is not large; probably Samsung and hence not integrated virtual QWERTY keyboard.

Immediately below the screen, S3650 Corby has 3 keys, including key physical receipt, reject calls, and video back to the original application (back). We are impressed with the key "Back" by the beautiful design and large, make the phone not only more beautiful but also easy to use. Around the hull have the key lock screen, fast imaging, volume control and battery charging slot / headset / data cable (and shared with a lid).

Very many color

With the phone's touch Samsung, TouchWiz is a widget should have the full widget integration S3650 Corby's social networks are quite popular as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, of course, have a number of widgets such as Google, or for AccuWeather weather ... Unfortunately S3650 Corby not integrate Wi-Fi Internet access should say on the Internet or web browser will find it more difficult for users by only through GPRS connection.

However, most applications that the "Teen" is often preferred in Corby S3650 such as Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, microSD card slot (a machine with 90MB of internal memory), the mobile entertainment applications ( digital music, FM radio, video) ... Through the experiment, these applications work quite well. In addition the machine has good quality speakerphone, 2 megapixel digital camera along. The camera quality photographs moderate and no flash. You can film on this device.

Time using the battery manufacturer announced that 730 hours of standby and 540 minutes for the phone. Continuous time listening to music through headphones with a 12-hour test

Advantages: Design beautiful, young and colorful; touchscreen interface TouchWiz + CartoonUI; many applications of social networking widget; are most mobile entertainment applications; card slot expansion; Bluetooth.

Disadvantages: No Wi-Fi; screen is not Pan.

Comments: S3650 Corby can be considered as a touch screen phone has the best price of the sensitivity of the model cell phone manufacturers "top 5" global. Products are specially designed for younger users and women.

You can buy this mobile in: Samsung Corby S3650 Unlocked GSM Cell Phone

Google services on the iPad and tablet computers

Here at Google we’re really excited about the promise of tablet computers, which will be great for browsing the web and using apps. We’ve been working hard to optimize our services for the new format - larger touchscreens, increased portability, rich sensors - and we’d like to share some information about our progress so far.

While surfing the web on your iPad, we expect many of you will want to check your Gmail. If you go to gmail.com in your browser, you’ll see something different than what you’re used to on the desktop. We’re releasing an experimental user interface for the iPad built on the Gmail for mobile HTML5 web app that we launched last year for the iPhone and Android devices. Those devices have large screens compared to other phones, and tablets like the iPad give us even more room to innovate. To take advantage of the iPad’s large display, we’ve created a two-pane view with your list of conversations on the left and messages to the right.


To try this new interface, go to gmail.com in your browser. We recommend adding a homescreen link for easy access. As this interface is experimental, expect changes as we continue to develop and optimize. Also, please let us know any ideas or feedback that you have. You can also access Gmail on the iPad through the native Mail app using the IMAP protocol.

Additionally, the iPad ships with a number of Google services pre-installed. As with Mac computers and the iPhone, you’ll find Google Search in the top right corner of Safari. The YouTube app for iPad is built-in, so you can watch HD videos and read and write comments. The new Maps app on iPad takes advantage of high-resolution satellite and Street View imagery, includes a new terrain view, and lets you search for local businesses and get directions. Just like on the iPhone, you can also go to the App Store to download Google Mobile App with search by voice. Of course, Google Mobile App was originally designed for the iPhone’s screen dimensions, but we’ve adapted it to work on the iPad and we’re looking into new ideas to make the app even better.

As you use Google’s web-based applications on iPad, you’ll notice that you sometimes see the desktop user interface and other times you see the mobile interface. We’ve evaluated the behavior of each Google web app using the iPad Simulator, and we are serving the interface we feel works best. If you’d like any help using our products on iPad, please click the 'Help' link within the product.

We’re particularly excited by how tablet computers create the opportunity for new kinds of user interaction. Here on the mobile team, we often talk about how mobile devices are sensor-rich: they can sense touch through their screens, see with a camera, hear through a microphone, and they know where they are with GPS. The same holds true for tablet computers, and we’re just starting to work through how our products can become even better on devices like the iPad.

Update on April 4, 2010 @ 12:30 AM: The new Google Mobile App for iPad is currently not yet available in the App Store. The version that you can download now is the iPhone/iPod touch version.

Update on April 13, 2010 @ 11:40 AM: The new Google Mobile App for iPad is now available in the App Store.

Posted by Punit Soni, Product Manager, Google Mobile

Grunt, Woof and Moo to you too

(Cross-posted with the Google translate blog)

For millennia man and animal have tolerantly coexisted, separated by language and the development of opposable thumbs. Today we can proudly say that we have overcome one of those hurdles. Presenting Google Translate for Animals, a new application available in Android Market.



This application allows you to record animal sounds and have the sounds analyzed and translated by Google Translate into any of the 52 supported languages. With animal translation you can finally understand why Spot keeps peeing in your closet or why Pickles keeps leaving dead mice in the tub. No longer must humanity struggle to comprehend when Lassie warns, “Hurry, Timmy’s fallen down the well!”

The technology isn’t perfect yet, so you may discover some translations that don’t make perfect sense. The algorithms are always improving however, thanks to the large corpus of cute cat videos that have been uploaded to YouTube.

We think that this is an exciting step in understanding and communicating with the world around us. Stay tuned for the addition of “old car” and “stomach” to the translation capabilities of the application this summer.

Posted by Woof Woofington, Product Barketing Manager via Google Translate for Animals

Our newest Mobile Search feature: Where am I?

Many of our improvements to search quality come from analyzing actual search queries. We’re constantly trying to surface more relevant search results in as many situations as we can.

Well, I’m happy to announce that for those of you who turn to Google in search of, “where am I,” we finally have a better result. Starting today, just go to Google.com on your phone in the US, search for “where am I”, and wonder about your own whereabouts no more.

Note that in this alpha release, we are finding that our results can be slightly off. However, accuracy should improve with greater usage. So if at first the answer is not what you’d expect, please continue to try it over the next couple of days and ask your friends to do the same.

Posted by John Eric Hoffman, Software Engineer

Stars in mobile search

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