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Gmail for iPhone gets 'never-ending' compose box
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Even with the most practiced digits, composing long e-mail on the iPhone's virtual keyboard is the slow, awkward pits compared with typing on a desktop keyboard. However, Google released a small new feature on Monday just for long-winded iPhone e-mail authors that makes typing lengthy Gmail messages easier on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Before, the composition box was fixed. Starting today, verbose e-mailers will see blank lines appear below the cursor as you reach the bottom of the window. If there's a limit to how many lines you can add in a Gmail message, we haven't found it yet. We went crazy with the carriage return and created an estimated extra 100 lines for text without trouble. To review your message, just swipe up and down to scroll.
At this point, Gmail's composition window won't contract when you delete lines; expansion alone is the name of the game.
The expanding Gmail composition box is part of Google's iterative Web project for slowly introducing new features to Gmail mobile one at a time. The composition feature is available to iPhone and iPod users who reach Gmail via Gmail.com from the Safari browser.
Google's Gmail-for-mobile project began in April 2009.
Jessica Dolcourt reviews the latest and greatest smartphone apps, in addition to a healthy dose of Windows software. E-mail Jessica and follow her on Twitter.
you can do the two finger touch and drag thing to move stuff around in the input box but it wasn't intuitive at all (I had to look for it) so this is probably a bit clearer.
Cody
I may be alone, but I never understood google or anything that google has done.
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by AppleSuxLeo
October 26, 2009 11:33 PM PDT
- Droid ? the First Motorola Android-based Phone
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by atish505
October 27, 2009 4:27 AM PDT
- Motorola CLIQ and not the Droid, is the first Android phone from Motorola with Android OS on it.
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by AppleSuxLeo
October 27, 2009 7:37 AM PDT
- Yes , correct , and all the Moto/Android phones so far have received great reviews.
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(8 Comments)Motorola will soon come with its first mobile device developed in partnership with Google to feature the next-generation open Android platform phone, named Droid. It is slightly thicker than the iPhone but has the thinnest touch QWERTY slider available on the market. It seems to be the fastest Android device and it?s no surprise because it has an ARM Cortex A8 TI OMAP3430 processor. The display, according to the FCC information, is a massive high 854×480 pixels resolution, which is 2-3 times the space as the Palm Pre, Android G1 or iPhone.
Motorola Droid is 3G-capable. Its industry-leading 3.7-inch display allows the best view of websites and easily zooms with a double tap for faster navigating. Due to its powerful processor, Flash and full HTML browser, Droid delivers Web pages, 3D graphics and videos up to two-times faster than other devices, in beautiful 16-million color high-definition.
Its 16:9 high-resolution screen frame is ideal for watching clips or downloaded videos, and playback and YouTube upload over 3G Wi-Fi can be watched at DVD quality video. A built-in 5 megapixel camera provided with dual LED flash has the quality of a dedicated digital camera with auto focus and zoom. Users can store up to 16GB of content or insert a memory card up to 32GB.
Motorola Droid sets new standards for smartphones. The power of Web search gets a new meaning. Motorola Droid allows you to type or speak your search with voice command, and you get results from the web, but also anything you want ? contacts, music, photos, applications and more. You don?t have to dig into menus anymore to find what you need; everything is available from the home screen.
Droid is for costumers looking for an ultimate web browsing experience.
Motorola Droid will be available on the 1st of December in North America, exclusively on Verizon Wireless.
Android=consumer choice. Lots of great phones at different price-points and form factors.