New App for Google Mobile brings voice search to BlackBerry
2010-02-28 - 03:17
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The latest version of Google Mobile App is already available for download
for BlackBerry users. With it, youll be able to enjoy all the goodies
that have only been available to iPhone OS and Android users.
The features that the new Google Mobile app introduces to the BlackBerry
owners are voice search and My Location. The first of those allows you to
initiate a Google search without ever needing to touch the keyboard. All
you need to do is speak the desired search string while holding the Call
key - as simple as it gets.
The My Location feature enables users to make searches based on their
current location. This means that when you need a place to eat nearby you
no longer have to type "restaurant near X", you just type "restaurant"
and the Mobile App will give you a list of places in the vicinity.
The Google Mobile app is available to all devices running BlackBerry OS
4.1 or later with the search by voice available on all versions
subsequent to 4.2.
The bad news is that the BlackBerry Storm is not yet supported but this
should be added in the near future .