Google Mobile App -What is it?

Funbags · Jul 10, 2008, 09:08 AM

I was browsing itunes and download apps in hopes of getting the iPhone tomorrow. What exact is the google mobile app? Did anyone try it?

Sky Blue · Jul 10, 2008, 09:11 AM

looks like it's a iPhone front end for google

t0mat0 · Jul 10, 2008, 09:12 AM

Any word on a version for the UK store? Or do we need to go the the web page, then make an icon from that?

tomccabe · Jul 10, 2008, 09:15 AM

just got it installed. very simple, clean app for google web/image/news/shopping/WIKIPEDIA (!!!)

edit: oh wait...it has a spotlight type search function as you type. really really nice.

Funbags · Jul 10, 2008, 09:17 AM

So no Gtalk eh?

heyp · Jul 29, 2008, 04:11 PM

i don't understand the purpose of this app... somebody sell me that its better than just having a google web clip on the homepage

SFC Archer · Jul 29, 2008, 04:15 PM

I dumped it...What a waste....I reloaded the Google Web App and it has search right there. It is a total waste of space on your drive!

AHDuke99 · Jul 29, 2008, 04:26 PM

I hope they add gtalk to it in the future. Right now it's pretty useless.

dacreativeguy · Jul 29, 2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heyp

i don't understand the purpose of this app... somebody sell me that its better than just having a google web clip on the homepage

It searches your contacts and other databases on the phone as well. It is spotlight-like.

Tardyon · Jul 29, 2008, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AHDuke99

I hope they add gtalk to it in the future. Right now it's pretty useless.

It has a link to gtalk under more. Native Gtalk will be hard until the iphone allows background applications, or gtalk and the iphone can work together with a push aspect.

wronski · Jul 29, 2008, 06:58 PM

I think it's nice. Waste of space? All 600 kb?

cloudnine · Jul 29, 2008, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFC Archer

I dumped it...What a waste....I reloaded the Google Web App and it has search right there. It is a total waste of space on your drive!

I know! I can't believe they wasted an entire 663kb of space! Dear Lord!

spamdumpster · Jul 29, 2008, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AHDuke99

I hope they add gtalk to it in the future. Right now it's pretty useless.

Try palringo.

spyker3292 · Jul 29, 2008, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloudnine

I know! I can't believe they wasted an entire 663kb of space! Dear Lord!

Well.. it wastes a spot on a page.

cloudnine · Aug 3, 2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spyker3292

Well.. it wastes a spot on a page.

OMG I know! Can you believe that?! You can have 9 or 10 pages full of apps and Google wastes that ONE SPOT... IT'S THE WORST THING IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND OMG WTF OMG!!!!11~

._.

Badandy · Aug 3, 2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dacreativeguy

It searches your contacts and other databases on the phone as well. It is spotlight-like.

That's not true. Just contacts, that's it. No calendar, no email, no files, no applications, no nothing.

It's a worthless app, and I really want APPLE Spotlight to come...

distinctweb · Aug 5, 2008, 01:57 AM

The program has one main feature that blows the Safari search bar away:
- Search results update as you type. This saves a lot of time and gets you exactly what you are looking for in less clicks.

One concern I had was that it doesn't retain your search once it launches Safari with the results. What it actually does it creates 2 levels of history in the new browser window that can be navigated back to with the "<" button.
First press of back: returns to Google search results within Safari
Second press of back: returns to Google Mobile in same state as it left

There are settings in Under Settings/Google Mobile if you don't want it to search contacts.

It's a quick install. Try it next time you have to search and tell me it isn't quicker than using Safari.

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Funbags macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2006	Google Mobile App -What is it? I was browsing itunes and download apps in hopes of getting the iPhone tomorrow. What exact is the google mobile app? Did anyone try it?
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Jul 10, 2008, 09:11 AM	#2
Sky Blue macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2005	looks like it's a iPhone front end for google
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Jul 10, 2008, 09:15 AM	#4
tomccabe macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2008	just got it installed. very simple, clean app for google web/image/news/shopping/WIKIPEDIA (!!!) edit: oh wait...it has a spotlight type search function as you type. really really nice.
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Jul 10, 2008, 09:17 AM	#5
Funbags Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2006	So no Gtalk eh?
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Jul 29, 2008, 04:11 PM	#6
heyp macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2008	i don't understand the purpose of this app... somebody sell me that its better than just having a google web clip on the homepage
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Jul 29, 2008, 04:26 PM	#8
AHDuke99 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Charleston, SC	I hope they add gtalk to it in the future. Right now it's pretty useless.
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Jul 29, 2008, 06:58 PM	#11
wronski macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2005	I think it's nice. Waste of space? All 600 kb?
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Aug 5, 2008, 01:57 AM	#17
distinctweb macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2008	The program has one main feature that blows the Safari search bar away: - Search results update as you type. This saves a lot of time and gets you exactly what you are looking for in less clicks. One concern I had was that it doesn't retain your search once it launches Safari with the results. What it actually does it creates 2 levels of history in the new browser window that can be navigated back to with the "<" button. First press of back: returns to Google search results within Safari Second press of back: returns to Google Mobile in same state as it left There are settings in Under Settings/Google Mobile if you don't want it to search contacts. It's a quick install. Try it next time you have to search and tell me it isn't quicker than using Safari.
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