Feb 11
MobileCrunch posted an analysis of the situation, citing that the G1 (Google’s Android-powered smartphone) does indeed support multi-touch, thanks to a couple of hackers who managed to patch their devices, proving its capabilities. Multi-touch on the Android is very much achievable with just a few lines of code here and there.
It seems likely that Google bowed to Apple’s request and did not implement multi-touch outright. All this according to some details provided by Android development team member to VentureBeat. Apple “asked”, but whether they “asked nicely” or not is a different story altogether. But we all do know of the fact that Apple turned their heads away when reports of Google using the private-APIs in one of the apps for the iPhone hits the blogosphere.
The article further cited that Google may enable multitouch later, perhaps once the legal papers of licensing the technology from Apple are signed.
Apple is very protective of this new IP that they have for the iPhone but Palm with its new Pre, on the other hand, is simply going to say “See you in court!“
written by xcool
\\ tags: Google, iPhone, iPod touch, Multi-Touch
Dec 05
Google has admitted that its new mobile iPhone application violates the terms of Apple’s iPhone SDK. As reported earlier, the new voice search featured mobile app referenced undocumented APIs in order to access the iPhone’s proximity sensor. This capability allows the screen to be dimmed when the user holds the phone near the face.
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written by xcool
\\ tags: Google, iPhone, Search
Nov 20
John Gruber of Daring Fireball had an interesting find on Google’s latest (and much-publicized) update to its mobile iPhone application. Much to Google’s credits, the update features a very clever interaction design for the voice search feature. Users can either manually tap the on-screen button to initiate a voice search, or, as illustrated in the publicity videos, initiate a voice search by simply lifting the iPhone to the ear and speaking the search terms.
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written by xcool
\\ tags: Google, iPhone, Search
Nov 18
Google’s Voice Search app finally hits the iTunes App Store. That’s 17 hours after I posted about the delay here. TechCrunch noted that the application description page still shows an older version, but the download leads to the updated version.
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written by xcool
\\ tags: Google, iPhone, Search
Nov 17
It seems that the previously reported Google Voice Search app for the iPhone might not be appearing in the App store as soon yet. TechCrunch reported that Google has removed the demo clip hosted on YouTube, but left the clip intact (embedded after the jump) on their own Official Google Channel on YouTube.
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written by xcool
\\ tags: Google, iPhone, Search
MobileCrunch posted an analysis of the situation, citing that the G1 (Google’s Android-powered smartphone) does indeed support multi-touch, thanks to a couple of hackers who managed to patch their devices, proving its capabilities. Multi-touch on the Android is very much achievable with just a few lines of code here and there.
