Last week, I blogged about the good times being experienced by Android , the open source operating system from Google and the rest of the Open Handset Alliance.
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stoolpigeon writes “ Google’s mobile OS Android has received plenty of press. As with a lot of Google products, there was much anticipation before any devices were even available. Now a number of phones are available, with many more …
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iPhone Idea
October - 12 - 2009 - Monday
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ADD COMMENTS My friend Janakan just got a Google Andriod. I think they’re pretty cool along with the Palm Pre and iPhone. Abduction on Google Android is great 
Anyway one thing the iPhone could improve is adding a central notifications area to show all push notifications. The way I’d see this working is to swipe right from the home screen to where spotlight/search is now, and show a chronological list of all notifications for all apps. Then if you start typing it starts to search your iPhone as usual.
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Google has introduced what it is calling Quick Search Box . The new functionality enables users to retrierve apps, contacts and e-mail. Users can utilize the Q.
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October - 12 - 2009 - Monday
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ADD COMMENTS This week marks the anniversary of Star Trek’s original pilot episode “The Cage”, and with it, the first appearance of the iconic Communicator. As one of the inspirations for today’s mobile devices, the Communicator did more than just long-range voice calls; in fact, many of its locator and universal translation services still outpace today’s state of the art. What’s more, the Communicator was so critical to the daily workings of Starfleet that cadets’ 4-year curriculum included mandatory courses in communications engineering. Today’s brand of mobile user doesn’t need four years to figure out their phone. But this week, and with a tip of the hat to the USS Enterprise for the Communicator’s anniversary, we did want to celebrate all things mobile by sharing some of Google’s favorite mobile tips and tricks. All week long, we’re going to be tweeting and blogging our top tips for using Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, and more on your phone. We want to help every cadet go mobile, and get more out of their existing phone. Cadets with questions can ask them here until 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Tuesday night. Keep an eye on the Google Mobile Blog for answers to some of your questions on Wednesday, and tips for advertisers and developers later in the week. Everyone can boldly go… mobile! Posted by Marc Vanlerberghe, Director of Mobile Marketing
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Samsung’s Customized Keyboard
October - 12 - 2009 - Monday
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ADD COMMENTS The first images of Samsung’s on-screen keyboard have made their way online thanks to Android.hdblog.it . As you can see, there is just only so much you can do to customize the QWERTY keyboard. What Samsung has done is give the end user more options for entry. The pictures show landscape and portrait keyboards and the ability to choose between various alphanumeric, symbols and T9. Are there any prospective Galaxy (Lite) buyers out there excited by the keyboard options? Anyone who can pound out messages quicker with T9? You Might Also Like… Zeta TYPE Looking for Virtual Keyboard Testers Weekly Show #13 Is Now On Demand (Featuring Geodelic) Samsung Galaxy Gets Rooted Samsung: Android Phones “Well Under $100″ by Next Year Bigfoot Belongs to Samsung, Coming Soon
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Why the big Android bandwagon? | Open Source | ZDNet.com
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ADD COMMENTS The Android bandwagon is built on this patience. To succeed, however, it will have to deliver products as good or better than the iPhone, at the same or less cost, with just as many apps . That risk to its reputation is all Google is laying on the line … The best support in the Linux business · If Linux is going to power your mission-critical applications , you’d better have the best support known to business. Novell was rated the top provider of Linux technical support. …
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Android : If you’re an Android user who’s keen on Google’s Tasks to-do manager , a beta application can give you offline access and syncing to the tasks you’ve stashed away in Gmail, Google Calendar, or iGoogle. Google Tasks still has a …
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