Google has announced a new feature to search your Android-powered phones running 2.0 in the US. It’s called Gesture Search and it lets you quickly find anything on your Android device by drawing letters on the screen.

Here’s a description from Google:

Say you want to call your friend Anne. Just open Gesture Search and draw letter “A”, and Gesture Search returns a list of items that have words starting with … Read More

With the launch of Android devices across many of the Canadian wireless carriers, many Canadians have adopted an Android device.

Over the last year, there have been a lot of positive and negative experiences regarding Android devices in Canada. Some of the positives are a simple, open source OS and that the Android OS has been picked up by many mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, Samsung, and of course HTC.

Some … Read More

Gmail users should notice a few changes that have been made recently. Google has removed some Gmail features but also added new standard features that were previously Labs experiments.

Overall, Gmail has received six new features and lost five previously available ones. Listed below is a summary of changes:

New Features

Search Autocomplete:

When users begin typing in the Gmail search box, a list of suggestions appears which is similar to what occurs when … Read More

Android 2.1, together with the Nexus One, brought a lot of neat features to users. Those features included 3D graphics, interactive wallpapers, and Google Earth. However Google Earth was not fully available yet.

It now seems that Google Earth is fully functioning and available on the Android Market for Android 2.1 only.

Google Earth is a very graphic intensive application and as a result, Android 1.5 and 1.6 users will be unable … Read More

Google has released a new Android-only application called “Google Shopper”.

Shopper lets users find product information easily and quickly by using an Android device’s camera. In other words, users take a photo of a product using Shopper and are then presented with information about that item such as price and where to purchase.

From books, DVDs, and video games, Shopper works with most standard barcodes. Users can also speak the name … Read More

Services like eBay can be easily managed through the Android web browser, but without a doubt, an app makes things so much easier and faster. With that being said, the new eBay app for Android is a great application for both eBay members and general users!

The new app has simplified shopping, selling and buying. eBay for Android will also allow users to check auction status, check updates, view/leave feedback, and … Read More

Google had a major announcement today and introduced Google Buzz, a Social Networking tool to compete with twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, etc. The highlight of Google Buzz is that it takes full advantage of your location (and Google Maps) when you send out messages (or “buzzes”?!). People can reply and you will be notified via email when that happens (sorta annoying). Just visit buzz.google.com on your Android phone to check … Read More

Point Inside, a very popular and successful application that made its debut on the iPhone platform, is now available for Android!

Point Inside is an application that displays shopping mall maps on your Android device. The app includes an extensive 100,000+ stores, kiosks and other mall related amenities. While the app does not include every mall in North America, it does have support for all the major malls across the USA … Read More