Android App Inventor lets you be the developer (video)
Google is following in Nokia's footsteps today by offering its users a simple-to-use DIY app maker. Employing a design scheme that relies on visual blocks rather than oodles of arcane code, the App Inventor -- still in Beta, of course -- has functions for "just about anything" you can do with an Android handset, including access to GPS and phone functionality. All that's really missing is the raw creative talent, which we're sure you'll be happy to provide
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: break, developer, development, educational, get-involved, google-labs, googlelabs, gps, offering-its, oodles, source, video
Google Gesture Search puts your contacts just a stroke away
If you look under the hood, Google's been beefing up Android with support for gestures that developers can take advantage of, and the power and flexibility of that capability is now being demoed by none other than... well, Google, of course. Gesture Search -- which is currently being billed a Google Labs project -- lets you draw letters on the screen to reach contacts and other content on your phone, an especially nice shortcut for those who like to avoid the on-screen keyboard as much as possible
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget-mobile, entry, especially-nice, gesture, gesture-search, gestures, gesturesearch, google-gesture, google-labs, mobile, phone, power, search, under-the-hood
Listen For Android Application From Google Labs
Google Labs Release Listen For Android App. Google Labs have released a new Android application called Listen
Categories: Android, htc, Other Tags: 2009-at-730-am, august-24th, facebook, google-labs, google-news, htc, stumbleupon, talk-network
Google Listen, a Podcast Manager for Android
As you probably noticed, Google releases many interesting services as Android applications and some of them are part of Google Labs: an application that records GPS tracks, a star map, a directory of points of interest. ...
Categories: Android, htc Tags: backup, download, google-labs, google-listen, helvetica, htc, lucida-grande, mobile, podcast, podcast-manager, search, search-engine
Google unveils audio search engine for Android | Android Community
It makes sense with a smartphone to listen to lots of audio content. Audio content for many users isn't limited to music though. Podcasts are a big thing for.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc Tags: games, google-labs, hack, htc, iphonebuzz, mobile, phonemag, podcast, slashgear, slashgear-tv, video, videos