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Gmail Robot – Hey its Android!
Nov 18th
Sometimes a snippett speaks for itself, and this new feature letting you know which of your IM buddies is “online” using their cell phone (hence not really online, but not offline) is one of those cases:
Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs, and you’ll see a robot icon next to people who are currently using Android phones. In the case below, Shirley is online with Android, Nicolle R. is using regular Gmail chat, and Chris I. is currently away but also on Android. Slatka is not an angry robot — she’s online with Android but currently busy.
- Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Green Robot Icon
Click the link above for a small screenshot and more detail (if the snippett above wasn’t enough for you).
Gmail Mobile on iPhone and Android – Faster, Better
Oct 29th
Gmail for Mobile has been re-designed with speed, usability and basic offline support for iPhone and Andriod devices. For example, smart links take long URLs and use names instead of the link text. So instead of something like http://www.example.com/2009/10/01/using-artichokes-as-paper-weights/ you could change the link to say Using Atrtichokes as Paper Weights.
Android allows developers to make their own apps for Android devices, but also allows Google to roll out features and improvements more quickly. The screenshot below is taken from the original Google post (What’s new with Gmail on iPhone and Android). See also video below.
T-Mobile G1 with Google
May 31st
T-Mobile G1 with Google…? Of course
Awesome T-Mobile G1 sports Google search and Gmail, of course. Did you miss out on the G1 when it first hit the shelves? Maybe you just wanna see a cool video, or read more about it? Look below!
T-Mobile G1 Videos
MORE T-MOBILE G1 READING
Gizmodo’s T-Mobile G1 Review
PCWorld’s T-Mobile G1 Review
More HTC Videos
Google Android Gets Boost from Kyocera, Wind River
Dec 3rd
Kyocera will be building a smartphone using Google’s Android operating system, as reported by CNET News dept’s “Kyocera joins Android phone bandwagon“. Plus, according to the Android Community’s “Kyocera announces development of Android platform” Kyocera, who was not part of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), will be working with Wind River to incorporate Android OS in a “new product platform” (as of Oct. 21, 2008 – Wind River).
Hopefully by 2009 Kyocera will have completed their “new product platform” and we’ll have another Android-based cell phone on the market. Now if only there was a cell phone that could run Android, iPhone OS, or Storm (Blackberry) OS.
CURRENTLY THE ONLY CELL SPORTING ANDROID
Verizon, Blackberry Storming your TV for Holidays
Nov 26th
Have you noticed all of the Verizon commercials for the Blackberry Storm – conveniently bundled with a 2 year Verizon Wireless contract ($199 + wirless service)? The one below aired on November 9th (see YouTube page). Recently I’ve seen newer ones and I must say they really make we want a Storm even more!
VERIZON BLACKBERRY STORM COMMERCIAL
MULTI PLATFORM SMARTPHONE?
But… maybe you are not so attached to the Storm as I am, but want some of its features, and some of the iPhones and some of the Android-powered T-Mobile G1? If so read this.
Android-powered T-Mobile G1 is Garage Door Opener
Nov 18th
Brad Fitzpatrick, a Google employee from San Francisco wrote and adopted some Android software on what I am assuming is his T-Mobile G1 to scan for his garage door opener’s server (yes! his garage door opener has a server!) then when its detected an authentication process and logging takes place and his garage door begins opening in time for him to pull in.
INTERESTING QUOTE:
I now have an Android Activity (GarageDoorActivity) which interacts with an Android Service I wrote (InRangeService), letting me start and stop the service’s wifi scanning task. The service gets the system WifiManager, holds a WifiLock to keep the radio active, and then does a Wifi scan every couple seconds, looking for my house.
READ ENTIRE ORIGINAL POST
Minor language warning for the young ones
Android Garage Door Opener, part 2
