Google has announced the availability of Instant Previews on Mobile Devices. Google Instant Previews is available on Android 2.2+ and iOS 4.0+ devices across 38 languages.
To enable the Instant Views feature, go to Google.com, turn the Instant Feature “ON”. Search anything, on the results page, you’ll see a magnifying glass to the right side of the results. Click that and you’ll get Instant Previews of the search results. You can navigate through the screenshots of the pages then and open the appropriate page.
Here are few snapshots from my iPhone 4 (Click to enlarge)
Here’s a video showing the demo of Google Instant Previews on Mobile Devices:
Microsoft is planning to launch new mobile OS, 7 (branded as Seven) to challenge the Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone OS.
Windows series 7 OS is to be shipped in two flavors: one for OEM and business customers, and a media-oriented version for consumers called the Media Edition. Both versions will support manufacturers overlaying their own interfaces, a la Windows Mobile 6.5. WMExperts claims that while we’ll probably see Seven at MWC, it won’t be a full product yet, since the launch is late 2010: we should just see HD video playback, a Zune-like media interface, and some of the UI, but not all.
WMExperts also has a first look at some of the hardware we should expect to run Seven: the LG apollo and HTC Obsession. According to WMExperts, these will profoundly outclass any other smartphone out there, since both have 1GHz+ Snapdragon processors, 3.7-inch AMOLED screens, and 512MB to 1GB of RAM.
But, both Android and iPhone OS will have plenty of time till then to challenge Seven.
Google launched Nexus One on January 5. Google will initially ship Nexus to US, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. However, it’s expected that Google will ship the phone to other countries later this year.
People in these 4 countries can have the phone ordered by courier with around $30 shipping charges. Note that Nexus One is a GSM phone, and so, obviously in the US, it won’t support Verizon Wireless’ CDMA service nor AT & T’s 3G network; however HTC is expected to release Verizon compatible version later this year.
Currently, an unlocked Nexus One is available for nearly $530 with added cost of a country-specific AC adapter and shipping charges. The subsidized version of the phone is available only in US under a 2-year T-Mobile contract, priced at $180 (plus some additional). Outside US, customers still have to go for a full $530 unlocked Nexus One. The wait for European customers however, ends in spring, when the subsidized Nexus One would hit Vodafone Europe.
The Nexus One uses Android open source mobile operating system.
You can check the technical specs of the phone here.
