So this means Google has done more for the iphone than Apple? What about someone who doesn't use anything related to Google on the phone? What has Google done for the iphone for them?
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So this means Google has done more for the iphone than Apple? What about someone who doesn't use anything related to Google on the phone? What has Google done for the iphone for them?
I'm sorry, they are missing out on some truly wonderful features then. They should broaden their horizons and have a company that is not Apple, unleash the potential of the iPhone.
I understand that Apple made the iPhone and Apple is responsible for the iPhone's very existence. However, I just think that there are some basic operations that they could have included natively, rather than relying on a company such as Google do do the work for them. If Apple would let them include it on the app store, Chrome would probably run more smoothly and crash less often than Safari. And the irony is that Google has developed their own mobile OS in Android, which doesn't even run on the iPhone. Kudos for Google!
It seem that if Apple is not making a direct profit off of a feature, they are not interested in developing it. Funny how iTunes and the App Store are the smoothest running Apps on the iPhone.
Because you are giving Google too much credit, the only reason they have done anything for the iphone is because it's popular platform and they can make money from it, they aren't investing in the platform for the good of humanity.
What makes the iphone attractive is all the developers investing in it and Apple themselves who brought the device to market. Trying to make Google as some sort of "saviour" is laughable. What basic operations has Google done for the iphone, is this useless search feature they are adding. Every phone is missing something, so what, go and use the other phones they are also missing functionality. Studies show that iphone users are happier with their phones than others, so all this missing functionality must not be bothering them and more and more people keep buying the phone. Apple and the iphone community continously help to develop the platform.
Chrome would run smoothly on the iphone, how do you know this. Go and read some of the G1 forums with chrome installed on phone, they also have crashes. What makes you think Chrome on the iphone would be any different?
Right and Google is also interested in profit just like Apple which is why they are investing in the iphone in the first place!
downloaded the app "Say What" it's pretty cool too. searched for business address, direction and traffic by voice.
That's the thing, there are other apps like this already in the App store and some make it seem like Google is bringing something that has never been done before to the iphone. They should wait in line like all the other developers out there. Some of these bloggers go as far to say this voice search thing will now drive iphone sales through the roof.
Well, at least they are not as blatant about it as Apple is.
You are the one who wrote the word "saviour," not me. Unwad your panties, will ya? And stop putting words in my mouth. I'm saying that Google has developed some very, very useful functionality for the iPhone and it is free to the end-user to utilize as they wish. And Apple failed at implementing these basic features themselves.
Oh, I'm sorry, have you used it? And who are you to tell me what I find useful or not?
Whoa, you make zero sense. Why would I want to give up my iPhone? I like it dearly. Who was saying they didn't want to use their iPhone anymore due to missing features? You say that it is missing functionality? That may be your opinion (since you are the person who introduced this idea into this conversation), but it is not mine (with the lone exception of MMS only - which I am fully on record for being disgruntled about).
Have you every thought that Chrome crashes on the G1 because it is being run on an entirely different OS platform (which was just introduced a couple of months ago) and a different phone (a 1st gen phone) on a different network (that happens to be 90% smaller than AT&Ts)? Just a thought.... You're comparing 2 things that you cannot directly compare.
That's the thing, there are other apps like this already in the App store and some make it seem like Google is bringing something that has never been done before to the iphone. They should wait in line like all the other developers out there. Some of these bloggers go as far to say this voice search thing will now drive iphone sales through the roof.
Yes, Say What and Say Who already exist, but why carry around 2 extra apps on your phone when you don't need to? When Google voice command comes out, I will be able to delete these 2 apps off my phone and free up more space.
Of course Apple is the one that brought the iphone to the market. Would Google be developing anything for the iphone if it never exited?
Right and Google also failed at implementing basic features in their own Android OS. Every phone its positives and negatives. They will be improved on as the phone develops and matures.
No I haven't used it and I don't really care for it, which is why I don't see the big deal about something that the iphone can already do. There are other apps available for the iphone that can already do this function.
Just I'm tired of people making it seem like only the iphone is missing a feature that they want. I'm sure every phone in the world is missing some feature that someone wants. You have to decide which phone is good for you and go with that. If a phone doesn't have what you want, you don't buy it, why buy it, then complain every day about that missing feature.
No I'm just saying every browser crashes, even on desktops browsers crash. There is no fix that makes a browser that doesn't crash.
Sigh, I'm really waiting for this.............
Me too, I love new stuff to play around with. Where is it?
True.
Nothing wrong with complaining (aka "enthusiastic suggestions")
You yourself just said that phones always are missing something. People buy expensive items all the time, then complain about missing features ... and the next year, the features are often available. It's part of business.
Imagine the iPhone if no one had ever complained about not having an SDK...
Sigh, I'm really waiting for this.............
Likewise. Any day now. I would like my iGoogPhone features.
The only Google thing that's available that I don't use is the Mobile Search thing. I even have it, just don't use it. Everything else they offer - Maps, Earth, GMail - I use and it works great and seamlessly - Earth works as if it were built in, and I home this Voice one works just as well.
Likewise. Any day now. I would like my iGoogPhone features.
You're talking about the Google Mobile App, right? You should give it a shot. I know the "search" function is not really exciting, but there is a tab in the app home screen that says "Explore More Google Products." If you click on this button, it will show icons for GMail, Calendar, Docs, Talk, Goog411, Maps, News, Notebook, Photos, Reader, Youtube, iGoogle, and Blogger. Of course, if you click on these, all it does is open Safari and bring you to the appropriate mobile page. But, it's still nice to have a unified portal that keeps constantly connected to all your favorite Google products.
I have it on my first page and use it quite a bit - sort of gives the iPhone an Android-like flavor since Android is heavily integrated to the Google products (understandably!).
Not to change the subject....
...but is this thing out yet? Not that I care for anything google related, I'm just curious how well the voice recognition works.
...but is this thing out yet? Not that I care for anything google related, I'm just curious how well the voice recognition works.
Seems it was released, I hope all the whining will stop now.
Seems you're talking rubbish.
Seems it was released, I hope all the whining will stop now.
No......It wasn't that's the old version
According to the people on lifehacker, this has been released... However, you have to uninstall and then redownload Google App
This does work and I now have voice search!
This does work and I now have voice search!
I can confirm this. I deleted my old Google app, and reinstalled. I ended up with the voice search. Why it does not show as an update, I don't know.
It's up.
It works.
VERY NICE.
(i had deleted the old google app a while ago so i guess it was an upgrade and reinstll for me.)
It works.
VERY NICE.
(i had deleted the old google app a while ago so i guess it was an upgrade and reinstll for me.)