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A vast improvement on its BlackBerry predecessor, Google Mobile App is primarily a search app that also serves as a portal to other Google Web apps. It's anchored by a search bar, with a string of icons along marching along the top. Click one to download or launch native Google apps like Gmail and maps, or to jump to mobile Web sites for the panoply of Google apps.
Warmly welcomed are autocomplete search suggestions, the ability to scroll through search history, and the ability to edit a misspelled search term and begin a new search. Brand new is a My Location feature that uses your GPS or cell tower triangulation to help localize search results, and the ability to start searching with your voice. It's disappointing, however, that most of the Google apps remain Web-based and have not merited a native application of their own--a disadvantage since the pages open by default in BlackBerry's bare-bones browser with its questionable readability.
Google Mobile App for BlackBerry 3.3:Publisher's Description
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Google Mobile App gets you the information you need quickly, with instant access to Google Search, and launches your favorite Google products. Start a search without waiting to load a mobile browser, by typing or speaking a query. Search suggestions and your search history appear as you type. Access Maps, Gmail, News and more all from one place.
Version 3.3 adds voice search and the GPS or cell tower-assisted My Location feature.
What's new in this version: Version 3.3 adds voice search and the GPS or cell tower-assisted My Location feature.
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3.7 starsout of 7 votes
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4.5 starsout of 2 votes
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"Good Stuff!"
Version: Google Mobile App (BlackBerry) 3.3
Pros
My Location feature
Cons
Crashes some times!
Summary
Great application, the voice search feature works really well (with a British accent anyway), the only problem I have with it is that it does crash once in a while and the only way to get it to work again is to reboot the system. But overall this application is not much different from using the Google Browser from a computer.
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"Complex synergy of multiple technologies. Easy, useful."
Version: Google Mobile App (BlackBerry) 3.3
Pros
Finds anything you want, faster than Yellow Pages, and lists them in order of proximity to your geographic (GPS) location. List includes phone, address, web site, etc. Draws you a map on request. Fast. Free. (GPS is free on Verizon now).
Cons
Nothing. I found no flaws.
Summary
I've used it for a couple weeks now, with no glitches, to find food, fuel, camping, and RV dump stations while traveling.
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