CNET Editors' note: 8/12/10 - scouted v1.0.0 - sethr.
CNET Editors' review
Fox to Phone requires two installations and a Google account, but once installed it's a nearly effortless tool for quickly sending links and snippets of text from your desktop to your Android-powered smartphone. (There's also a version for Chrome: Chrome to Phone).
Getting started isn't complicated, but can be a bit tedious. Once you've installed this browser extension, you'll have to install the Android app on your phone. Frustratingly, there's no quick link or QR code to the app, and instead only encourages you to search for it in the Android Marketplace. (It's also available on Download.com.)
Once the app has been downloaded to the phone, running it for the first time will walk you through the setup process. You must use a regular Google account; Google Apps users aren't supported at this time. With a valid account chosen, the app will connect to the Chrome extension account, then ask for your preferred handling of links. Users can choose between having links open automatically, or receive a notification that the link has been received and requires user input. Both links and text snippets can be sent by simply highlighting a piece of text on a Web page and then hitting the extension's icon that installs next to the browser's location bar.
The extension component of the Fox to Phone tool works flawlessly. However, there are some minor problems on the Android side. One of these involves problems sending snippets of text from a message in Gmail, where the result on the Android side is an attempt to open Gmail in the browser. Fox to Phone allows users to right-click on selected text and send it that way, as well as from the add-on's button bar icon.
Check out the Chrome to Phone Android app review for full details.
Publisher's Description
From FoxToPhone:
FoxToPhone sends links and snippets of text from your desktop installation of Firefox to your Android phone. It's based on the same API that powers Google's Chrome to Phone extension, and works with the same Chrome to Phone Android app. FoxToPhone was formerly called SendToPhone.
Features: Send current page with address bar button, right click on any link/image to send to your Android phone, highlight any text and right click to send to the clipboard in your phone, click on market: smsto: or tel: links to open them in your phone.
What's new in this version: Version 1.2.2 avoids conflicts with other extensions, inserts the toolbar button at the end to avoid breaking resizing features, and includes Turkish and Chinese translations.
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"Very useful"
Version: FoxToPhone 1.0
Pros
a perfect one. Love it
Cons
pls keep on
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"Works Perfectly! Very Helpful"
Version: FoxToPhone 1.0
Pros
Love this app. Very cool
Cons
The only thing I was confused about is what to search for in the android market. The app (phone side) is the same for fox to phone and chrome to phone. Search and install the 'Chrome to phone' and it works flawlessly.
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"You need Froyo 2.2"
Version: FoxToPhone 1.0
Pros
Sounds like a great app in theory.
Cons
Can't actually test it since it is based on your phone running Froyo 2.2. It would have been nice if this was mentioned somewhere in the article.
Summary
I'd love to give this a better score but since it only runs on Froyo, it limits how many people can take advantage of it.
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