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Google Mobile on Mei 12th, 2010 |
no responsesStarting today, Google Maps for mobile has a few new ways to help you and your friends quickly get to where you’re going whether you’re on 4 wheels or 2 (or maybe even 3). With Google Maps 4.2 for Android you can now get biking directions on the go, start Navigation from your Home screen, share places with friends, and more.
Biking directions
Since launching biking directions on desktop Google Maps, we’ve wanted to get you biking directions, lanes, and trails on your phone too. Just in time for National Bike Month, select the bike icon when getting directions to get an optimal bicycling route in the U.S. If you’re in the mood for a more scenic ride, you’ll also see the Bicycling layer on the map which shows dedicated bike-only trails (dark green), roads with bike lanes (light green), or roads that are good for biking but lack a dedicated lane (dashed green). You can always turn on this layer from the Layers menu to pick your own route. Add in the Labs’ Terrain layer, and you can decide to either climb or avoid that big hill on the way home!
Google Navigation shortcut
If you’re driving instead of riding, we wanted to make it easier and faster for you to get on the road with Google Maps Navigation as soon as you’re ready. With the new Navigation shortcut, you can pick a destination and be on your way with as little as 2 taps of your finger. Select the “Navigation” icon in your phone’s app launcher to get the new destination selection view. Then, speak or type your destination, pick one from your contacts, choose a starred place, or select a recent destination. Navigation will begin and you’re good to go. Make it even easier on yourself by adding the Navigation icon right on your Home screen.
Sharing
Once you figure out where you’re going, why not get some friends to meet you there? From any search results page, choose to “Share this place” to send that place’s info, such as its address and phone number, to whomever you like. If you want to meet someone on a street corner or gather friends at an outdoor concert, you can also send an exact location from the map — even a snapshot of your current location. Just use the share option after selecting a point on the map, your “My Location” blue dot, or yourself in Latitude if it’s enabled. Whether you’re sharing a place or a location, you’ll be able to send it to small groups via an email or text message or send it widely with apps like Google Buzz, Facebook, or Twitter.
Get these new features by searching for Google Maps in Android Market from Android 1.6+ phones (On your phone now? Tap here). Update Maps to version 4.2, 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 Michelle Chen, Software Engineer, Google Mobile Team
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Google Mobile on Apr 7th, 2010 |
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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
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Google Mobile on Apr 1st, 2010 |
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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
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Google Mobile on Apr 1st, 2010 |
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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
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Up Coming Phone on Mar 27th, 2010 |
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LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, announced today that two of its mobile phones have been named winners of red dot awards, adding to the seven prizes won earlier this month at the iF design awards. The two events are among the most prestigious in the world of product design.
“LG has invested a huge amount of effort and resources to produce phones that are as colorful and individual as our customer’s tastes,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Winning these awards year after year is proof of LG’s leadership in design and our ongoing edge over our competitors. We will continue to set new heights of design as we deliver a unique user experience to all our customers.”
LG has enjoyed particular success with its new LG Chocolate (LG BL40), the fourth handset of its Black Label Series, which boasts a 4-inch-wide panoramic HD LCD screen on a glassy body; as well as the LG Mini (LG GD880), an extremely small and slim touchphone with a narrow bezel. Scooping awards from both organizations, these two models are part of LG’s overall tally of eight prize-winning products: two categories at the red dot design awards and seven at the iF. LG’s five other award winners are the Crystal phone (LG GD900), the Lotus2 phone (LG LX610), the LG GW620, the Watch phone (LG GD910), and the Lollipop (LG SV800).
Respectively one of the biggest and one of the oldest design competitions in the world, the red dot and iF awards are renowned in the world of design for their exacting standards and rigorous judging processes. LG has been a winner at the red dot awards every year since 2003, and at the iF awards since 2005. Last year, LG won red dot awards for its Secret phone (LG KF750) and 3G Watch phone (LG GD910) and an iF award for its Renoir phone (LG KC910).
The award ceremony for the red dot design awards will be held on July 5, 2010 at the Essen Aalto Theatre, Germany and all award-winning products will be exhibited at the Essen red dot design museum from July 6 through August 1, 2010.
Courtesy: LG Electronics
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Up Coming Phone on Mar 26th, 2010 |
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Bharti Airtel and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3GS, the fastest most powerful iPhone yet, to India in the coming months. For information please visit
http://www.airtel.in/iphone3gs/.
iPhone 3GS will be made available in two variants, namely, in 16Gb storage capacity that would cost around Rs. 35,500 /- and 32 GB which is expected to be offered at Rs. 41,500 /-
Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is among Asia’s leading integrated telecom services providers with operations in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In South Asia, the company had an aggregate of over 131 million customers as of end January 2010, including 121.7 million mobile customers in India. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by Business Week.
Bharti Airtel is structured as four strategic business units - Mobile, Telemedia, Enterprise and Digital TV. The mobile business offers services in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The Telemedia business provides broadband, IPTV and telephone services in 95 Indian cities.
The Enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. The Digital TV business provides DTH services across India. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.
Airtel’s national high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 118,337 Rkms across India. Airtel’s international network infrastructure includes ownership of the i2i submarine cable system and consortium ownership in five global undersea cable systems, SEA-ME-WE 4, EIG, I-ME-WE, AAG and UNITY.
Courtesy: Bharti Airtel Limited
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Sexy, Smart and Economical, G-Fone is here to deliver quality and by helping you ‘Get More’ for less therefore keep your slim wallets smiling. India’s first GSM + GSM or GSM + CDMA mobile phone G-Fone has a lot to offer to mobile lovers, from funky looking phones to business and communication phones, there is something for everyone and more.
G-Fone gets more for the text friendly people in the form of G-588, an extremely stylish, QWERTY dual-SIM phone, which will make sure you are envied by your acquaintances. One of the unique features of this handset is that it can be used in two totally different modes like GSM + GSM or GSM + CDMA – so you get more.
The G-588 also comes with a complete user friendly QWERTY keypad which would make sure that your fingers are never tired of typing those lengthy messages, plus the G-588 comes with the application, Nimbuzz, the one single social networking application which would help you stay connected with your friends and colleagues through Facebook, Twitter, Skype and a host of other messenger services like, G-Talk, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc., so that you can Get More for what you pay.
The Key Features of G-Fone G-588 Include:
* Dual Sim (GSM + CDMA & GSM + GSM)
* 64000 Colours QVGA Display
* Screen Size 2.2″
* Phone Book -1000 X 10 fields
* Mp Ringtones
* Hindi Menu
* FM on Speaker Phone
* 1.3 MP Camera
* Mp3 Music Player
* Video Recording
* Video Playback 3GP & MP4
* Exp Mem up to 8Gb
* Bluetooth
* Indian Calendar
* JAVA Enabled
* Nimbuzz
* Email
* Yahoo
* Opera Mini
* PC GPRS
* Web Camera
The multi-media player of the 588 will give you the ultimate experience of mobile entertainment by enabling you to play mp3, mp4 and a list of other file formats and with an additional extendable memory of up to 8 GB, there is no limit to the media you can add to your phone, the 588 will simply give you more.
Another unique feature of the phone is the Indian Calendar. The Indian Calendar also serves as a guiding force for the practice of various Hindu rituals & festivals.
With G-Fone in the market you will not get confused of which handset to buy, simply walk to the nearest mobile dealer and ask for the all new range of mobiles from G-Fone, which are especially made to suit your style and your budget and Get More.
G-Fone is currently priced at Rs. 4,799 /- in India. You can learn more about this phone by visiting
http://www.g-fone.inCourtsey: g-fone.in
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Up Coming Phone on Mar 20th, 2010 |
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After the successful launch of its new Mobile Phones Division in October 2009, the leading conglomerate Videocon Group has now launched nine more handsets, thus enhancing its current offering from 12 handsets to a total of 21 handsets. The key highlights of this range include: Triple SIM CDMA handsets, QWERTY keypad DUAL SIM with Optical Track pad, Attractive Touch screen devices and Dual SIM Multimedia, Camera and Music phones.
India is amongst the fastest growing cellular phone markets in the world, and an existing user base of about 500 million subscribers, and 12 million users being added every month in the GSM space and about 3 million in the CDMA space, the potential of such phones are tremendous.
With CDMA expected to hit the high growth mark with the advent of Open Market handsets, Videocon has launched ‘Videocon VC1425’ positioned as Grab the Power of 3. This combines the both GSM and CDMA technologies in a handset with 2 SIMs and 1 RUIM. In the GSM phones, Videocon has enhanced its presence in sectors like Music Category (2 models); Camera Category (2 models); Multimedia category (2 models) and Touch category (1 model).
Mr. Anil Khera, CEO, Videocon Mobile said, “With a wide range of products and accessories, coupled with an extensive dealer and distributor network and a reputed service partner with a nation-wide presence, our aim is to emerge as a leading player in the Indian mobile phone market soon”.
Mr. Rahul Goel, COO, Videocon Mobile, said, “We are offering a wide variety at Value for Money proposition. There is a huge potential in the market and a large base of consumer untouched through the country. Other than urban-semi urban, the rural market is expanding rapidly. Our objective is to be a one stop shop for the customer, and cater to each and every class and age with a price range of Rs.1,300 to 19,000 on a premium side”.
Videocon’s core strength lies in its ability to bring volume and value through a direct reach to the consumers by establishing a solid relationship with channel partners and operators. The focus is on the widespread sales and marketing network as well as an excellent after-sales service that will help us to emerge as a leading brand of mobile phones with the help of highly-skilled manpower.
Videocon works with Original Design Manufacturers and enables the global suppliers to offer customized phones in terms of different and easy to use user interface, colours, applications, content for entertainment etc. The range of hassle free and reliable mobiles are feature-rich, including basic colour models, phones with FM radio, single/dual SIM, MP3 music, camera, multimedia and the latest touch, QWERTY and touch window’s phones.
Videocon has already established a pan-Indian presence for its new range of cell-phones, and is poised to emerge as the largest Indian operator in the segment. The company is also aggressively spreading across the country by appointing an extensive network of dealers and distributors, with an emphasis on reach and penetration.
On the music category front various models comprise: V204, an entry Colour FM phone that allows to record and play, and V1300, which adds a handy Ultra Violet Currency Checker.
Videocon’s latest Camera phone launches include the V1402 with which one can shoot, Groove. Flaunt! This is the entry camera phone in the portfolio. V1420 has a 3.5mm jack to connect to external speakers, and doubles up as Your Media and total music. Rolled into One!
Multimedia gets the 3.2MP evolution with the introduction of the dapper V1705. V1602 adds meat to the mid range 2MP line-up. The V1602 with the existing V1604 would seek to turn up the action in the 2MP multimedia market for Videocon.
In the touch category, Videocon has redefined the fourth screen by allowing the user to watch movies on the handset which plays the enhanced RMVB (Real Media Variable Bitrate) format enabling you to watch movies with just a touch.
With Social networking taking the centre stage, Videocon V1675 addresses the s-net platform with the brilliant V1675 which has all widget support to s-net applications. The QWERTY interface along with the optical track pad makes for a neat browsing and messaging handheld.
With the launch of new phones Videocon is also unleashing the new TV Ad campaign during the IPL. Incidentally Videocon is the On- Air sponsor for IPL on SET Max and they are going to use this exciting opportunity in media to kick-start the new campaign.
Videocon Mobile Phones was awarded the Product of the Year 2010 in the ‘Value Phones’ category for their V1405. Product of the Year is an internationally recognized standard that celebrates and rewards the best innovations in consumer products. Thousands and thousands of discerning consumers across India evaluate the innovations and choose only the best as their Product of the Year.
Courtesy: Videocon Group
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HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced the HTC HD mini, an HTC Sense-based Windows Phone focused on delivering the popular experience of the HTC HD2 in a more compact design.
“The demand for the HTC HD2 has exceeded our expectations, and the HTC HD mini fulfils a desire from some customers to bring the capabilities and experience of the HTC HD2 to a more compact design,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “The integration of HTC Sense and Windows Phone on HD mini and HD2 gives customers an additional choice for an advanced Windows mobile phone that is sleek, well crafted and easy to use.”
The HTC HD mini sports a high degree of usability along with its own unique and beautiful design. Precision fasteners used to assemble the phone are externally visible, displaying a high level of craftsmanship rarely found in mobile phones. And the strong design ethos continues under the battery cover where a bright yellow internal structure, offers an unexpected surprise when the phone is opened.
The HTC HD mini utilizes HTC Sense, a user experience focused on putting people at the centre by making the phone work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were developed by observing and listening to how people live and communicate. These core tenets of Make It Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected continue to be the key to the new HTC Sense experience.
Like the HTC HD2, the HTC HD mini continues the same focus on people-centric communication with complete Outlook integration. It helps you stay close to the important friends and colleagues in your life by providing a single contact view that displays individual communication snapshots of your conversations, regardless of whether it was a call, text, status update or email. HTC’s Windows-based Twitter application, HTC Peep, enables you to tweet and follow your twitter stream.
HTC HD mini includes capacitive touch for viewing, zooming and resizing websites, Microsoft Office files, PDF documents and pictures with just a pinch of your fingers. Leveraging its 3G broadband connectivity, the HTC HD mini also offers personal Wi-Fi anywhere for your computer or other devices. The HD mini can also be further enhanced to reflect your needs and style by downloading a variety of applications from the Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
Availability & Suggested Retail Price
The HTC HD mini will be available by end of March with a suggested retail price of HKD$3,898.
Any customer who pre-orders HTC HD mini at HTC authorized dealers will be entitled to get a 8GB micro SD card for free. Limited stock of gifts will be given on first-come-first-served basis.
Courtesy: HTC Corporation
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Google Mobile on Mar 17th, 2010 |
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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.
Posted by Yang Li, Research Scientist
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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. 
