November 4th, 2008 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
It’s election day! Once you’ve found where to vote and made your voice count, you’ll probably want to see how the rest of the nation’s vote is shaping up. Now, on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or T-Mobile G1, Google News for Mobile has a summary of the …
October 29th, 2008 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
With the U.S. elections less than a week away, voting drives are ramping up. Political parties and non-partisan groups alike are sending out volunteers to encourage citizens to vote on November 4. To make sure these volunteers have the same voter info …
October 28th, 2008 | by Jason Chen | published in Google Android
As we mentioned yesterday, the Android Market is now open for developers to upload their applications. I’m pretty excited because Market, along with the availability of the first Android-powered phone and the Android 1.0 SDK, puts the basic pieces of …
October 27th, 2008 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
(cross posted with the Google LatLong Blog)The world just got a little bit smaller. Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing you to fly to the far reaches of the world from the palm of your hand. Since we launched Google …
October 23rd, 2008 | by Heaven | published in Google Mobile
As an engineer on the Gmail for mobile team, I use the Gmail client on my mobile phone all the time. Because of this, I’m always looking for ways to make it faster, more robust and easier to use. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Gmail for mobile ve…
October 22nd, 2008 | by Eric Chu, Android Mobile Platform | published in Google Android
Last month I outlined some details around Android Market. Today, Android Market launched for users to download applications along with the first Android-powered phone—the T-Mobile G1.With Android Market, users can easily download apps to their An…
October 21st, 2008 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
When we released the 0.9_r1 beta SDK, we mentioned that the Maps API included with Android would soon require an API key to function correctly and load map tiles. Part of the reason for this was that the Terms of Service (ToS) for the Maps API had not …
October 21st, 2008 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
One of our goals here on the location team is to keep shrinking that magical blue circle that shows you where you are. In fact, just a few weeks ago, we released new optimizations for My Location that helped us calculate location even more accuratel…
October 21st, 2008 | by Jason Chen | published in Google Android
Over the past year, we announced Android, released several SDKs (eventually resulting in the 1.0 SDK), gave out the first half of the $10,000,000 prize money for the Android Developer Challenge, and prepared the first Android-powered device for users….
October 17th, 2008 | by Linda | published in Google Mobile
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web…
October 14th, 2008 | by Linda | published in Google Mobile
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web…
October 7th, 2008 | by Linda | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web…
October 1st, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the we…
October 1st, 2008 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Interest in the upcoming U.S. elections is at an all-time high, so it’s important for people to know how to register to vote. We’ve updated m.google.com/elections with information for each state about voter registration, early voting, and state voter h…
September 23rd, 2008 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
About this time last year, my colleagues and I were preparing for the first of the “early look” SDK releases. I remember being a little freaked out—November 12 was starting to sound awfully close! But I think I can safely speak for the entire And…