Tag: mobile_phone

Google Search and The Transcoder

September 02, 2007 by Jason

Many of us tried to access Google Search from a mobile device and even if the company allows such operations, viewing the results provided by the search engine was very difficult. Google launched a tool that allows users to visit all the pages from a mobile phone without any issue using a special transcoder.

T.V. Raman, Research Scientist at Google, posted a message in his blog to present and describe the new utility: “designed for cell phone users, I find the Google web transcoder has become an indispensable tool for me when I’m confronted with complex web pages. In fact when one searches the web using mobile phones, Google search hits often get redirected to go through the transcoder in order to provide the mobile user with a web page that works on small displays. Read More»

New Windows Live Messenger Client For Symbian Phones

July 18, 2007 by Jason

The client is an official Microsoft Windows Live client (v1.0.614) for Symbian S60 3rd edition phones which integrates Windows Live Hotmail, Live Contacts, Live Search, Live Spaces and Live Messenger with your S60 v3 mobile device.

Some of the features of the Windows Live Client include: Read More»

Google Voice Local Search

April 09, 2007 by Jason

Google Voice Local Search is Google is experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone. To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

Using this service, you can:
* search for a local business by name or category.
You can say “Giovanni’s Pizzeria” or just “pizza”.
* get connected to the business, free of charge.
* get the details by SMS if you are using a mobile phone.
Just say “text message”.
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