Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google mobile'

Gone mostly unnoticed, Google has updated their Gmail and Google Calendar interface on iPhone and Android mobile devices. Google did announce a new mobile news look for these devices, but no word on the Gmail interface. I spotted this update...

Posted on November 20, 2009 8:25 AM

An ongoing Google Mobile Help thread with complaints on the Google Mobilizer feature has an update on that feature. In short, Google Mobilizer will convert a web page to make it render better on mobile devices. Google has updated it...

Posted on October 28, 2009 8:22 AM

Tom from the Google Maps team announced in a Google Mobile Help thread that Google updated the Google Maps for mobile for BlackBerry application. The update is version 3.2 and includes one major new feature, layers. You can add layers...

Posted on October 22, 2009 8:39 AM

The Google Mobile team is calling this week, "Google Mobile Week." In celebration for the special week, Google announced in a Google Mobile Help thread that they are accepting a new set of questions for the Google Mobile team to...

Posted on October 13, 2009 8:59 AM

The other day, Google Mobile launched two new features (amongst others). One feature has been asked for ever since Google Latitude launched. The ability to use this program on your iPhone. Well, now it is here, well, kind of. Apple...

Posted on July 24, 2009 8:07 AM

Google has confirmed in a Google Mobile Help thread that many mobile users of Google News will be redirected to the desktop version. Some people already began noticing it and Google's Robin has confirmed it saying: Hi folks - As...

Posted on July 9, 2009 8:55 AM

We have been seeing Google test AdSense in iPhone apps for a few months now, but not it is official. Google announced the beta for AdSense for Mobile Apps. That means that some app developers can add Google AdSense ads...

Posted on June 25, 2009 9:00 AM

According to at least two Google Maps Help Threads, Google Maps changed how they handle looking up a specific location by longitude and latitude. Supposedly, in the past, entering in the longitude followed by a comma and followed by the...

Posted on June 24, 2009 8:28 AM

Google Voice Search for iPhone no longer works exactly like it did in the past. If you installed iPhone 3.0 operating system, you may notice that lifting the receiver to your ear and speaking your command will no longer function...

Posted on June 22, 2009 9:07 AM

About six months ago, we reported Google Drops iPhone Optimized iGoogle: Users Revolt. In short, Google dropped the iPhone flavored iGoogle and iGoogle mobile users were really upset and they were upset for a long time. Now, Google announced a...

Posted on June 12, 2009 8:28 AM

If you are a maven at YouTube and videos in the mobile space, you might be interested in a new Google Mobile Help thread. Googler, Robin, said he and Google is looking for mobile YouTube experts to make help videos...

Posted on May 22, 2009 8:49 AM

Early April, many mobile users, who use Google Mobile for News, noticed that Google News on their mobile device was not updating. In fact, the news was outdated for days on their devices. The issue seemed to have resolved itself...

Posted on April 17, 2009 9:00 AM

Google has announced a Google Maps for Mobile update in the Google Mobile Help discussions area that fixes the bugs with version 3.0 for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. Googler, Christopher, said: A new version of Maps for mobile is...

Posted on April 13, 2009 8:41 AM

There is a long thread of upset iPhone, G1 and mobile users at Google Mobile Help discussions. It seems like many users who try to access Google.com on their iPhone or G1 are being presented with errors. The first report...

Posted on March 26, 2009 4:59 AM

Yesterday, my brother-in-law called me and asked me where Google Latitude was showing him as being. I looked at iGoogle and loaded up his profile to see that Google Latitude put him in Florida, at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to...

Posted on February 25, 2009 7:52 AM

There is so much love for Google's new mobile phone, the G1 or Android phone. A week or two ago, Google announced that they are now accepting paid apps to the app marketplace. But now, we are seeing reports that...

Posted on February 23, 2009 8:28 AM

Google announced you can now sync your data from your mobile phone, such as the iPhone or Windows Mobile to their cloud and have it all managed there. From your contacts, calendars and so on. Here is a video Google...

Posted on February 10, 2009 9:50 AM

Want Google to implement a new feature for Google Mobile? You no longer need to venture to Google Groups to make the request. Simply hop on over to http://productideas.appspot.com/ and submit your product ideas. So far, according to the stats,...

Posted on December 31, 2008 8:46 AM

Google recently optimized for the hundredth time, the Google Search experience on the iPhone and also Android. But it seems like ever since the upgrade, many iPhone and iPod Touch users are having issues searching at Google on mobile Safari....

Posted on December 22, 2008 8:12 AM

If you are a Blackberry Storm mobile user on the Verizon Wireless network and want to fully utilize Google Maps, you may be out of luck. Tom from the Google Maps team said in a Google Mobile Forum thread that...

Posted on December 16, 2008 7:46 AM

There are confirmed reports at Google Maps Help that users downloading the new Google Maps 2.3.2 to their phones are being asked to accept the terms of service before using it. The only issue is that the terms of service...

Posted on December 4, 2008 8:25 AM

A Google Groups thread confirms the sad news of Palm's future. Google has decided not to spend the time, money and resources to build out a new version of the Google Maps for Mobile specifically for the Palm OS. Googler,...

Posted on November 28, 2008 7:22 AM

Less than a week ago, Google announced that Google Sync is now available for BlackBerry users. BlackBerry users rejoiced to join the family of phones supported for syncing up contacts, calendars and so on, on their BlackBerries. Other phone devices...

Posted on November 25, 2008 9:16 AM

There are bugs and there are oversights that can be a pain in the neck for users. But I think this oversight in the Google Maps for Mobile client that runs on LG Incite by AT&T tops them all. Benjamin...

Posted on November 25, 2008 8:14 AM

Google Maps Guide Tom replied to a Google Groups thread requesting Google to bridge the data between My Maps and Google Mobile Maps. Typically, a Google representative would say, thank you for your feedback and leave it at that. But...

Posted on November 21, 2008 8:29 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has a post from AdWordsRep sharing with us that they have launched a tool for mobile advertisers. Now you can view your ad as if they would look in mobile devices without having to...

Posted on May 17, 2007 7:07 AM

According to a Cre8asite Forums thread, Google has launched a new search engine specifically for mobile users. On the Google Mobile Homepage, you now have the ability to try their new mobile search engine. Screenshots are below: This is what...

Posted on March 27, 2007 1:40 PM