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Today, Google Docs application, an online and free word processing for Android has received an update with many new additions and improvements to offline mode and display for tablet pc device users.

The offline mode is the main thing of this update. Setting a document for offline use has the same way as offline mode in Google Music. So you have the file you want to access to offline mode from menu item in each file, and then the file will be downloaded.

Since the document was downloaded to be edited is not like the music file which just to be synchronized, there are some more options. You can edit, rename, and starred in the offline file, and any changes made will be synchronized automatically when the device is connected to the Internet. You can also manage documents for offline and see when the document was last edited.

The next update is just a minor update, which improves the reading experience on Android tablet. This means the document is no longer open phone-friendly layout, but more to better layout designed for the tablet.

Unfortunately the new layout is only available for reading documents, and if you go to edit menu, the layout will return to the previous layout. There are also adding new gestures, where you can swipe the screen to change pages.

Anyone can try this application, just visit the Android Market.

Wearable computer is the next technology of human kind which has unique feature compare to personal computer. According to Wikipedia, Wearable computers are miniature electronic devices that are worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing. This class of wearable technology has been developed for general or special purpose information technologies and media development. Wearable computers are especially useful for applications that require more complex computational support than just hardware coded logics.

As Google actively continue to making innovation in computerized devices, recently the Search Engine company comes back with new experiment by introducing a eyeglasses with built in digital screen to access informations from around the world.



These eye lasses will be shaped like regular eyeglasses but equipped by a transparent screen that using Android operating system to access all the information in the world. We think this will be cool gadget like we saw on science fiction movie

Google does really want to be the leading company in developing wearable computer in the future like they ever published in the New York Times about planting the Android operating system to a computer that can be used (wearable computer) at present.

How do these glasses work? These eyeglasses will have a screen with a computer interface that will be embedded in the ' arm ' glasses. However, these eyeglasses will not look different with other eyeglasses in General

The eyeglasses has a more perfect search box appearance for Android. These glasses will display search results in the form of information at the top of the screen.Google also are working to make the voice control system — similar to Apple's Siri — which in fact, allow the search process is carried out much further than standar device with a touchscreen system.

Referring at a press conference recently held in Hong Kong, Samsung and Samsung Galaxy Google introduces Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first phone running on Google's Android operating system 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwiches". This phone have 1, 2 GHz dual-core processor and the Super Amoled display: Samsung HD amounted to 4.65 inches wide which has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.


Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone to be running Google's latest and most advanced OS,Android Ice Cream Sandwich or Android 4.0. It's been built by Samsung with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM and the first true 1280x720p screen.

The operating system developed jointly by the engineers of both companies, said Andy Rubin, senior Vice President of mobile at Google. One of the most noticeable changes for this operation system is not requiring physical buttons. Galaxy Nexus only uses buttons that appear on the screen as part of the user interface of the user. User interface now includes new features that drag and drop, a swipe file and slide to hide the application or close it.

Running Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the Nexus is that the initial handset to showcase Google's hybrid OS which is able to run on tablets similarly as phones. whereas initially it seems like you are employing a scaled down version of Honeycomb it soon becomes clear that plenty has modified beneath the hood. The aggregation of contacts is universal across the complete phone and makes it incredibly easy to interact with them whether or not it's through the camera, GMail or perhaps simply sending a text.

At 1280 x 720p resolution the four.65-inch screen is Super AMOLED and additionally options the tiniest of curves. whereas you most likely will not notice the curve, the screen itself is tough to miss, boasting incredibly bright, crisp pictures whereas the responsiveness with video is additionally very good. One factor to notice is that whereas the screen is not an excellent AMOLED and (screen used on the Samsung Galaxy S2) it still performs well, though it'd are nice to ascertain the and at the tip.

Following the tradition of different high-end Samsung product the shell is entirely plastic, this is not a foul factor though because it feels durable however additionally premium with the ridged back panel providing you with fantastic grip, one thing that is essential when handling a phone of this size.

Despite having solely a 5MP (compared to mention, the Apple iPhone 4S 8MP), the Galaxy Nexus proves that pixels is not everything with incredibly sharp pictures and a shutter time that has to be seen. It's really quicker than several digital cameras. you furthermore may have a full host of editing options which might be applied when the image is taken and then an easy sidebar that shows you the ways that you'll be able to share it.

Video-recording is 1080p and is additionally incredibly crisp. one in every of the key options regarding video-recording but is that the ability to require a picture whereas you are recording, simply faucet the screen and therefore the phone can take a full 5MP snap within the background.

The one feature everybody can wish to undertake but is Face Unlock. By using the front-facing camera the Galaxy Nexus will recognise the owner and then unlock the phone. It's an incredibly neat feature, but as got wind to us by Google, is additionally a really low security feature, therefore will be still be bypassed, that said, it's a formidable showcase of the technology that is within the Nexus.

A general theme running through the device is creating the screen feel like it's alive. Widgets are all live, whereas the notifications drop down menu is additionally live, showing tweets, texts, missed-calls and music. If you have got a voicemail simply pull down the notifications bar and hear it straight from there. In essence, everything feels polished.Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review



From  Molen Brad posted on June 30, 2011 9: 35 AM given the number of Google applications for smartphones, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that it has its own set of social networking services in the mobile world. As soon as Google + has been officially announced, the application is ready for download in the Android market, and Web applications are now available for Safari for iOS (with its full proposal to the App Store, coming soon). As usual we couldn't resist the desire to play around with it, but as a mobile iteration fare against the competition? Continue past the break to get a glimpse of life larger than life, squeezed into a screen 4.3 (or less).

When we downloaded the Google + of the market, two icons appear in the tray app: one has the same name as a service and conspiracy. Both took us to the same app, but Google + put us on the home screen--portal that provides a stream, conspiracy, photos, circle and line sections--while the last two icons altogether this screen and started us on the service itself huddle.

Huddle is the only service in Google + Suite exclusively offered on the Android app. it uses the same style messaging as we've come to expect with any standard IM client, and as a result, it doesn't bring anything new to the table. This gives you the opportunity to chat up with groups or terrorists, and you can use other applications, as you wait for the response, since incoming messages will be produced as a regular notification. If most of your friends use Google, this puts the huddle on a par with your phone messaging app. sounds a lot like Google Talk, but unfortunately these two services are not counted at all. And although huddle much mobile-friendly, there is no way to continue the chat on your computer as soon as you get home; Huddle is nowhere to be seen on the home page of Google +, and chrome extensions or other browser add-ons have been provided for it yet. We will be glad to see that thrown shortly--we probably you spoiled our recent run-in with MightyText, but hey ...

For services that can be synced but we enjoy a seamless experience between your application and your computer. For example, the application offers the possibility of instant download, which makes exactly as the name suggests: immediately after the new snapshot is on your phone, the image gets pushed private album that will be displayed on Google Picasa + and at the same time. After downloading, we went back to the computer and noticed the ability to "share photos from your phone, with our picture sitting there waiting, together with all or certain circles. Lack? After you run the application on multiple devices, we are determined that downloaded imagery to get quality, in order to cut down on data transfer and use; Our high-res photos appeared in a paltry 720 x 540 for plus and 2048 x 1536 to Picasa--and it has remained the same, using cameras with different resolutions.

You can also share your location, if desired. Thread has three options, which you can swipe the screen left or right to view your quarters, seeing the status of those in the immediate vicinity and check incoming messages. You can view all your photo albums and choose photos to share with any of the circles, you want to see and edit your Google profile and invite others in your community.

The absence of function Hangout surprised us. Leaving it, it feels like we missed out on the perfect way to take a front-facing camera phone--of course, it wasn't until Android 2.3.4 that we enjoy the same functionality for Google Talk at the Nexus of S, so it can be something just reserved for the latest and greatest operating system changes.

In General Google app + does a commendable job to find a full Web experience right up to the level of mobile, although we can say that the application is not using its full potential, excluding hangouts and disregard for synchronization with our computers. The program is still the test status, which means there are some minor errors, which should reach before it is ready for the public--not to touch base on--very small, but our sneak peek was a brilliant success otherwise.