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Official eBay App

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

eBay has long been the place to go when you want to buy, trade or find various odd things. There has been a few unofficial eBay apps on Android for awhile, now eBay themselves has released an official app to Android.

Case Mate For Motorola Droid

By David Junior
on 11 Feb, 2010

Hard cases for the Motorola Droid are few and far between. Case-Mate intends to end your search with their latest offering. This case is designed to protect your entire phone including the screen without taking from the functionality.

Google Buzz takes sharing realtime

By David Junior
on 9 Feb, 2010

A new announcement by Goggle brings a new product called Google Buzz. Google Buzz builds upon Gmail’s messaging, IM and in-browser video chat, and focuses on in-Gmail sharing with other users.

Unlocked Sony Ericsson X10 now on sale March 29th

By David Junior
on 8 Feb, 2010

This is great news for our European viewers. You now can put in your order for the very sexy and powerful 1GHZ Sony X10.

FM Radio Built Into the Cliq

By David Junior
on 27 Jan, 2010

Although I am a proud Nexus One owner I also love my Cliq. When I first got it I was looking for ways to hack it and in my search I found out that there was a FM Radio lying dormant inside the Moto Cliq. I also found out that there was an awesome Android hacker/modder by the name of Eugene373 that was able to get it to tune but nothing would play. That has all changed now.

Inside the Mind of Google: Google Visual Search for Android [Video]

By Juventino Quinones
on 7 Dec, 2009

As I was watching CNBC yesterday, I happened to come across a show that interested me a good deal; "Inside the Mind of Google". At first, I didn't think much of it, but been about Google, I kept on watching, but well into the show, something really caught my attention: Google Visual Search for Android. When I heard Maria Bartiromo saying “Google is working on Google Visual Search, a mobile application that lets users take a picture of a location from their Android-powered smartphone and trigger a Google search that pulls up information associated with the image." My mind just went crazy thinking of all the possibilities that this could open up. As you will see on the video below, the person testing GVS takes a picture of the Santa Monica Pier entrance and voila! The service gives him within seconds, an audio-visual narrative explaining the image. The GVS is not ready for Prime time just yet, according to Google, but it is coming to Android, and have no doubt about it. I didn't record the show, but I found part of it on youtube, enjoy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6tT3JGV1iY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Android browser is great for search tasks

By Shane McGlaun
on 14 Sep, 2009

According to PC World, the Android browser competes very well with the iPhone and Palm Pre thanks to its tight integration with Google. The browser also excels at search related tasks reports the publication. The address bar acts as a Google search field, as do the browser bars on other platforms.

G1 gets Voice-Controlled Search with RC-33 update

By Chris Davies
on 4 Feb, 2009

Google have added voice-controlled searching to the T-Mobile G1, part of the new feature set introduced in the latest firmware update. The widget has been integrated into both the Android browser and the home screen search bar, in the form of a new microphone icon. Tapping the icon brings up a "Speak now" prompt, at which point you can search for multi-word terms. If the app doesn't correctly recognize your voice, you can also choose the arrow to the right of the search box and see a drop-down list of other suggested interpretations. The Google Android team claim to be working on refining the recognition algorithms for future updates. The functionality also works within the Android browser, and can be accessed by choosing Menu > Search and tapping the microphone icon. Unfortunately the new functionality is currently only available in the US, with the RC-33 firmware rolling out over this coming week. Have you tried voice-controlled searching on the G1? Impressed or disappointed? [gallery]