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Thanks for the vid

Is it possible to run this on the HTC magic, samsung I7500 or G1 when it comes out?

That's pretty cool. I really like the new search ideas. There is an app on the market that sorta searches everything, but by allowing app authors to add the code is slick as heck to make their apps part of the search is really insane.

I like the drawing on the screen to search too. Makes it way easier than scrolling down the list of contacts fast.

yes, it's a firmware update. Expect every phone to be able to do the same exact thing save any special hardware. It's not like Nokia that have a bunch of different "versions".

@the vid: Exciting ^^

Well it definitely look like Palm's WebOS will spurred Google in a couple of areas. I think this sort of competition will really allow consumers to see a stream of exciting features. I have not been excited about the cell phone market like this in years.

That's not entirely true. That whole "save any special hardware" portion leaves the door pretty wide open. I'm not sure exactly what you mean with the Nokia different version thing, but there are going to be Android handsets that won't take advantage of all of Android's features, and there are going to be advances in Android that makes firmware updates either no longer possible or practical.

"Save any special hardware" is a very important thing to consider and one that will surely dictate that consumers should not expect every phone to be able to do the same exact thing.

Not impressed.

The gestures I've been wanting for the past six months, with a touchscreen phone I can't understand why that wasn't included from the start. My next phone is most likely to be the i7500, hopefully we'll have someone like Haykuro working on that platform to include some of the Donut features on it.

I was under the impression that the android firmware was universal, but perhaps I was too encompassing with my prior statement based on the fact that they are looking to expand android past the phone market and I did not take into the fact that android could last...a long long time (not saying I don't beleive in android, it just didn't come to mind; thinking too immediatly).

When I was a regular at the SymbianFreak community, they spoke at great length on how it was annoying how each phone was branded with different software features based solely upon what Nokia thought each phone's demographic was. I don't particualrly want to find any evidence backing this statement up, so feel free to completly ignore it.

I do see your point. at some point a feature will be available that wouldn't be possible on another handset (something that requires hardware video acceleration?), and since firmwares is handset specific, it wouldn't be always possible (save a friendly firmware cook). I would like to believe, however, that there is a fairly universal firmware base from which you develop around.

My "Save any special hardware" was in reference to something physical on the phone (a button, a jog-wheel, a mustard dispenser) and not really taking into consideration any advancement in the phone's computer infrastructure.

Dammit, now I want a mustard dispenser on my phone.

Figured you'd opt for a beer tap instead. In any event, your G1 may have a mustard dispenser, but that is even more reason to hold out for the Samsung now. I heard that it comes with a full hot dog cart.

Now THAT's what I'm talking about...full mystery meat goodness from my phone. We just need someone working on a twinki mod so we can get some 'twinki-weener-sandwiches'.

In spite of the expectations that I'm sure the community has on me, I'm not touching that one.

oh come on...i lobbed you a softball...and am I the only one that saw UHF?

Did anyone else catch the mention of turn-by-turn navigation while he was demonstrating the text-to-speech? Is google suggesting a possible solution to get around their own terms of use agreements???

HAHA you guys are funny Thanks for the answers

I mod Sony Ericsson phones, they all have an own firmware... when you want to change features you use a *.vkp file, those are specific for ONE phone and ONE firmware version. WHen you want to port this new feature to a different firmware or phone you have to disassamble the 1st firmware and port it using assembly language... a time-taking and complicated process...

Anyway, I hope that's easier on android