Google dominates mobile web search in USA

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#MWC We get a free Nexus from Google

Google pulled one of the best tricks in the book.

Free Nexus One? Google pulls one of the best tricks in the book

Yesterday Google was running a program where if you came and sat in the audience to listen to a presentation about creating apps for the Android platform, you would get to leave with a brand new Google Nexus One. Hundreds (if not thousands) of journalists, exhibitors, booth girls, PR agents, etc., etc. thought they would take advantage of Google and get in on this to pick up a free Nexus One. Wow, well aren’t we smart, taking advantage of Google like that.

Google finally announces Customer Support for the Nexus One… prepare yourself for dissappointment

Way hey! I have to admit, I whooped out loud when I saw this story. Google made a few errors when it launched the Nexus One - but maybe the biggest one was fixed today, as it launched a specific customer support centre for the Nexus One. The lack of this service at launch was maybe the biggest cock-up the company could possibly have made. Why? Read on…

It’s all getting a bit Star Trek - Google is working on voice-to-voice translation

Just the other night, as a friend of mine watched YouTube videos over his Wii on his plasma-screen TV, he turned to me and said “sometimes I feel like I’m living in the future.” And I know what he means. Reports have surfaced that Google is working on voice-to-voice translation software, that would take what you say in your language and translate it into another.

New mobile search engine combines Google and Bing with mobile site directory

A new mobile search engine has been launched by one of the largest Palm OS software developers in the world. Handcase is a Brazilian firm, with over 2 million mobile owners using its products in 80 different countires - and today Handcase is promoting its new mobile-only search engine, Gune.

What does it do?

Gune stands for “site” in Basque - and the core offering of Gune isn’t very exciting I’m afraid to say. But bear with me, because I do think this is a great option for the majority of phones.

Good news, UK Android fans! T-Mobile picks up Nexus One mobile

One of the most interesting things about the Nexus One was that you could buy it unlocked straight from Google - no need for an operator. That made it incredibly expensive, so a lot of people went with option 2, which was to buy it subsidized from T-Mobile. But that was just in the States. Now T-Mobile UK has announced that it too will be selling the Nexus One.

China wants Googles business, but not its search engine

The Chinese Government has delivered a fairly clear message to Google: “please come and do business in our country… just keep your search engine out of here”. China has stressed that its telecoms market is open and competitive - and announced that there will be no stops put in the way of Android.

Lenovo Mobile refuses to be bothered by Google vs. China spat - there’s more at stake

It has been widely reported that the conflict between Google and the Chinese government has resulted in China Unicom putting an indefinite halt on its upcoming Android device. But other manufacturers aren’t bothered by this - Samsung announced yesterday that it wouldn’t be delaying its device. And today China’s third biggest mobile manufacturer Lenovo Mobile announced the same thing… but it has more pressing reasons.

T-Mobile issues refunds for increasingly unpopular Nexus One

Have you ever heard such complaining? It seems that the Nexus One has already become the biggest anticlimaxes of 2010. Cost complaints, spotty reception, unresponsive touchscreens, terrible customer service, extravagant fees… the list goes on. And now T-Mobile has responded by not only dropping the price of the device, but issuing refunds to people who bought it the earlier price.

Hype does not equal success: Flurry reports extremely low first week sales for Nexus One

Interesting results were published by analytics service Flurry. According to its measurments, the opening week sales for the Nexus One were comparatively very poor.

Google turns its sights on businesses: Nexus Two to be enterprise mobile device

The hype machine surrounding the Nexus One is starting to wind down - and in some ways a negative hype machine is starting to get going. Any way you cut it, Google needs something else for people to focus on. And according to Reuters, it has announced that the Nexus Two will be an enterprise device. But the biggest competition Google may have to face in this space is itself.

Every silver lining has a cloud: Google falls down on Nexus One support

Uh-oh. Apparently one thing in particular has been going wrong for a lot of people who got themselves a Nexus One from Google. And that thing is Google itself.

Google needs awareness not hype. Now that the Nexus One is unveiled the real work begins.

As I’m sure you know by now, Google finally revealed the Nexus One to the world yesterday evening - or in the middle of the night, here in Ireland. Gadget lovers, mobile phone followers and Android fanatics all over the world rejoice! But tech lovers, bloggers and journalists are easy to whip into a frenzy with a device like the Nexus One. Google is going to have a much harder job convincing the buying public that the device is worth forking out for.

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