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Official Google Mobile Blog: Search with your voice on Android
Official Google Mobile Blog: Search with your voice on Android
Don't want to type a long query, like "U.S. economic stimulus plan", on your T-Mobile G1? Just say it. Or, perhaps you'd like to browse the web without sliding out the keyboard? Well now you can. For those of you with a G1 in the US, the next time you get an Android update (which will ...
  Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
venturebeat.com — One of the bigger complaints about T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone based on Google’s Android platform, is... that its touch screen doesn’t use multi-touch, the technology which allows for a screen to accept multiple points of contact as simultaneous ... (more) Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in ...
Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 Coming in 2010
appscout.com — Motorola had an earnings conference call today with some juicy tidbits embedded in it. Primarily, Moto confirmed... that they're losing tons of money and that their handset business is not doing very well at all. So how are they going to turn it around? ... (more) Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 Coming in 2010
Android 1.1 SDK, release 1 Now Available
android-developers.blogspot.com — Hello, developers! As you may have heard by now, users around the world have started to receive... updates to their Android devices that provide new features and functionality. You may also have noticed that the new update reports as "Android 1.1". ... (more) Android 1.1 SDK, release 1 Now Available
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Google Mobile Search-By-Voice Comes to Android [Android]
Lifehacker — ... but have been waiting patiently for it to come to your Android phone (it's powered by Google, after all), you're in luck: Google search-by-voice is coming to Android in the next update, which should roll out to your device starting sometime this week.

Google adds voice searching and web surfing on Android-based Phones “T-Mobile G1″
D' Technology Weblog — ... phone, you can now start searching and web surfing with your voice. The upcoming Android update will bring this feature integrated in the Android browser and the home screen search widget, anoounced GoogleMobile blog. ...

Google UK calls up the mobile map
Electro-ramblings — ... Thirdly, Barra was demoing the speech recognition aspects of the Android-based Droid and highlighted voice processing as a good example of cloud computing. Never thought of that before. Apparently, the direct audio file is uploaded and decoded in the cloud, where greater processing power can be thrown at the task of decoding someone's accent. ...

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