Entries from December 2009 ↓

Happy New Year Everyone !!

and here is year 2009 explained in a google wave !! Enjoy !

When I wrote about leaked specs of the upcoming Chrome OS Netbook, s4n705h asked me if I forgot the Google Phone, Nexus One.

Well, no s4n705h, I haven’t !

I have been reading about the phone a lot these days, and all those android blogs I am following  is filled with Nexus one news pictures and videos these days.

What is the latest News ?

Well, the latest info is the greatest. Google has invited press persons for an “Android Event” on January 5th, 2010.  We have strong reasons to believe that they will be announcing the phone during this event.

Now, the basics for a Newbie.

Wondering what this google phone is ? Let me give you a brief introduction, and all the basic info you need to have, about Google’s new venture.

Why is it called the Google Phone ? : It runs Android, an open source mobile operating system developed by Google. Hardware built by HTC, but sold and supported by Google. Yes, Google is going to sell this phone directly !

Specs of Google Nexus One

• Android 2.1
• 11.5mm thick
• 512MB RAM,
• 512M B ROM,
• 4GB microSD in-box expandable to 32GB
• 5 megapixel camera with mechanical AF and LED flash
• 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display

Sounds good ?  Nexus one is going to be one powerful plus beautiful device, and with google supporting it and selling it ( price subsidies, may be ? ), there seems to be a good future for this phone. Apple, iPhone .. watch out !

A few Google Employees were lucky enough to get this device few weeks back, as part of a test run.  Google had confirmed this news through a blog post and that’s from where all these pictures of the device come from.

For more pictures, news and videos, click here and also, subscribe to the RSS feed here, and you will get more updates from me too !

Google Wave on Thunderbird

Are you guys still using Google Wave ? Is the excitement about google wave dead already ?

I have seen similar questions on many blogs and websites recently. But this does not stop me from blogging about google wave .. and here is a new piece of information. Use Mozilla Thunderbird’s new tab feature to run google wave.

Thunderbird is a free email client ( like Outlook from Microsoft) from Mozilla, people behind Firefox browser.

Recently, they added a new  “Tab” feature to their popular email client, Thunderbird.  With the help of a small script, you can use Google wave inside Thunderbird, in a new tab, just like another inbox open, next to your regular email.  Here is how to set this up

Go to Tools menu, select Error Console, and enter this line (be sure to select all of it):

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”).document.getElementById(“tabmail”).openTab(“contentTab”, {contentPage: “https://wave.google.com/wave/?nouacheck”});

Hit the “Evaluate” button when you’re done, and you’ll see a new tab asking for your Wave login. Log in, click “Remember” to have Thunderbird remember your password

Try this and let  me know if you liked it !

picture and news from Lifehacker.com

Seriously guys, this is not a joke. There is a new keyboard in the market, with 19 keys, only for gmail ! and it looks beautiful too !

Gmail Keyboard

This keyboard makes use of gmail keyboard shortcuts, and gives you dedicated keys for each functions that you do inside your gmail inbox.  Now it works like this, see the video.

Liked it ? buy it from gboard.com for $19.99

There is one song added to my list of favorites, the very second I heard it. “It’s amazing that you can speak right to my heart” it says..

When I saw the news about Google Dictionary, I thought something similar, its amazing that these people keep launching interesting products every week or so. Aren’t you amazed ? Now, call me a google fan boy, I dont mind !

So, the dictionary. Well, lets not just say dictionary, it is a multi language dictionary. You can translate words to multiple languages, and do much more with it. There is Rich Definitions page, Translated search etc. This dictionary includes results from wikipedia and other online resources to bring the best result, each time.

Try it here !