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How is Android going to change your life?

User Experience Matters | XtremeUX.com Date: 11-Dec-10

Try These Android Applications


Google Shopper

• Find a product by simply pointing your camera phone at the cover art of a book, CD, DVD, or video game.

• Scan the barcode of almost any product to quickly learn more about it.

• Say the name of a product and find it easily in Shopper*. • Find nearby stores, then call them, get directions, and more. • Share link to post to Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Instant

Messaging, etc. *Shopper is powered by ‘Google Product Search’.

http://www.google.com/mobile/shopper/

http://www.google.com/mobile/shopper/


Walky Talky

• WalkyTalky that goes hand-in-hand with spoken walking directions from Google Maps to better navigate the physical world.

• In addition, application Intersection Explorer allows exploring the layout of streets using touch before venturing out with WalkyTalky.

http://eyes-free.blogspot.com/2010/10/walking-about-with-talking-android.html




Open Spot (Find and share parking)

• Open Spot for Android works by letting people who are leaving parking spots share their spots with people who are searching for parking.

• Earn 'karma points' and help others save time, gas and frustration.

http://openspot.googlelabs.com/




Google Goggles

• Google Goggles lets you search Google using pictures from your camera phones.

• Takes an image as input, and using several image recognition backends (object recognition, place matching, OCR, etc), we return relevant search results.

http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/

http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/


Gesture Search

Do you find it hard to find a contact or locate an application from a list of hundreds of items on an Android phone? Or do you find it stressful to search for an item by typing in its title while on the go?

• Gesture Search from Google Labs lets you search your Android-powered device by drawing gestures on the touch screen.

• It allows you to quickly find a contact, a bookmark, an application, or a music track from hundreds or thousands of items, all in one place. It is fast and fun to use.

http://gesturesearch.googlelabs.com/

http://gesturesearch.googlelabs.com/


Google Listen

• Listen from Google Labs brings podcasts and web audio to your Android-powered device.

• It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news stories whenever you listen.

• In this release Listen is indexing thousands of popular English-only audio sources.

http://listen.googlelabs.com/

http://listen.googlelabs.com/


Places Directory

A handy directory for Android-powered phone to look up nearby points of interest coming from Google Local.

http://sites.google.com/site/placesdirectory/

http://sites.google.com/site/placesdirectory/


Google Sky Map

• Google Sky Map turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky.

• When you point your phone up you will see a map of the brightest stars, constellations, and planets in that part of the sky.

http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/

http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/


MY Tracks

• My Tracks is an application that enables you to record GPS tracks and view live statistics – such as time, speed, distance, and elevation – while hiking, biking, running or participating in other outdoor activities.

• Once recorded, you can share your tracks, upload them to Google Spreadsheets and visualize them on Google My Maps.

http://mytracks.appspot.com/

http://mytracks.appspot.com/


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