Google Android: What’s New?
Google’s entry into the mobile phone operating system has received mixed reviews with the first Android plagued with many issues such as buggy software and lack of documentation. Since then, it has upgraded to a stable version 2.0 or also called “Donut”. It is more optimized, polished of bugs, and packed with more features than its predecessor.
Since its initial release in 2008 and 18 phones in hand, Google Android’s operating system has a new Google Android Search or Quick Search Box (QSB). With this application, searching has never been easy, unlike before, where it is a tedious process in which there are separate search boxes for different files.
The QSB is a universal search box found in the home screen of the device for quicker access. It offers a quick way to search contacts, files, emails, applications and songs in the device as well as in the World Wide Web.
The system also learns from the user on what he usually clicks. It brings to the top the most used word in the suggestion box. With this feature, the user will experience a PC-like browsing. This is comparable to Apple Spotlight Search but offers more functionality such as suggesting a keyword or a website as you type, just like in the Google homepage of a computer.
It is also connected to the Google web search and other Google’s various services, including Google Voice Search, Google Maps with Street View, GTalk and Picasa. Another nice feature of QSB is a microphone icon for voice search in which you can search contacts, music files or pictures.
As more and more manufacturers bring Android-powered products in the market, the operating system has also changed into a more mature one with interface that is faster than before. Android wants to grab the number two spot in the smart phone marketplace by 2012 and this QSB is the best way to start.
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