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To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (20174)	6/28/2012 2:57:52 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

Google I/O: 1,000,000 activations/day, 600,000 apps, 400,000,000 devices... and still growing at 3x CRAPple.... oh my....

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (20174)	6/28/2012 3:16:09 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

MUST SEE: Google I/O Day One Roundup – Jelly Bean, Google Glass, Two New Nexus Devices, And So Much More (LOTS OF VIDEOS PICS DEMOS SPECS...MUST SEE) androidpolice.com Posted by Liam Spradlin in Android OS, ASUS, Google, Jelly Bean 4.1, News, Nexus 7, Nexus Q, Tablets, Videos

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (20174)	6/28/2012 3:35:05 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

Google Chrome for Android hands-on: Asses kicked, names taken bgr.com By: Brad Reed \| Jun 27th, 2012 at 06:55PM 11 Comments Filed Under: Preview, Software Google has effectively ended the debate over which mobile browser Android fans should use on their smartphones and tablets — the answer is Chrome. And it’s not even close, either: the Android version of Chrome, re-released Wednesday on Google Play after having shed its beta label, chews up and spits out other mobile browsers. Why? Hit the jump for the answer. First, the speed and performance that desktop Chrome users enjoy has translated well to the mobile version. I haven’t conducted full speed tests between the new version of Chrome and Firefox for Android, but the good old “eyeball test” tells me that they’re at least on par with one another. In other words, the pages load very quickly and opening up new tabs takes no time at all. As impressive as the new Firefox’s sync support is, it has nothing on Chrome. When I first synced up Chrome on my Android device with my desktop version, it literally happened so fast that I thought I’d screwed something up. Just signing into the Google Chrome browser on my desktop instantly zapped both my bookmarks and my currently-open tabs over to Android Chrome for perusal at my leisure. Similarly, having Chrome remember my passwords on my desktop now has the added advantage of syncing those passwords to my mobile devices, which takes away a major headache for mobile users who are tired of entering in their passwords on tiny touchscreen keys for multiple websites. Then there’s the way that Google has implemented tabs on Chrome. Again, it’s far better than what I’ve seen on any other mobile browser, and again, it isn’t even close. The cool part about tab management on Chrome for Android is that users actually have two options: They can either open up the tab button on the upper-right hand side of the browser to see them all displayed like a stack of cards that they can shuffle through, or they can simply flip through all their open pages by swiping from the left or right side of the screen toward the center of the page. I had previously been partial to Dolphin’s tab system, which does the best job of simulating desktop browser tabs on a mobile device, but Chrome does it one better by making tabs that are uniquely designed for touchscreen mobile devices. If there’s one complaint I have about the Chrome for Android so far, it’s this: Most Android users won’t be able to use it. That’s because it’s only available on devices that have Android 4.0 or higher, which still accounts for less than 10% of all Android devices. I’ve typically gone relatively easy on Android’s “fragmentation” problems in the past, but now that Google has released the very best mobile browser around, the issue rears its ugly head once again.

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (20174)	6/28/2012 3:49:29 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean moved the bar to light years ahead versus other mobile OSes... expect Android growth to continue and even accelerate... and Windows 8 should have no problem taking market share from CRAPple and iPOS... cause all I can see Android doing is growing and growing and growing....

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (20174)	6/28/2012 3:52:47 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

BREAKING..So sorry Apple maps...Today, Google Maps doesn't need your stinking Internet Live now, new update to Maps allows limited offline map use for Android users. by Nathan Mattise - June 27 2012, 2:37pm USMST arstechnica.com Any 21st century traveler has faced this hopeless predicament—lost on some remote highway, no paper maps, and a horrifying lack of Internet. For those of us reliant on Google Maps, the situation used to be bleak. But Google released the ultimate fix today (for Android users at least). Google finally released the latest version of its Maps app to Google Play today. Originally announced at a Google Maps event in early June, this update allows users to select and save a region of a map from more than 150 countries for offline use. In the new Maps version, users can save up to six large metro areas for offline use. To utilize this, simply bring up the area of choice and select "Make available offline" from the menu to verify what you'd like to save. Maps then estimates the file size a user would be taking on and asks for confirmation before saving it. Google even notes that if you have GPS enabled on the device, "the blue dot will still work without a data connection so you know where you are, and if your device has a compass, you can orient yourself without 3G or WiFi connectivity." The new Maps update for Android also includes an improved Compass Mode for Street View. Users will need Android 3.0 or higher, a gyroscope sensor, and version 1.8.1 of Street View on Google Maps to utilize this function.