It’s a nice-looking app, but doesn’t offer in-app editing of documents.
Which makes it next to useless.
Category: Google
Google Chrome for iOS
Nexus 7 Leaked
On the Nexus 7
Today at its I/O conference, Google unveiled the Nexus 7.
While we won’t know for sure until mid-July when it ships, this devices seems physically very much like the Fire, but maybe faster. It’s 7-inches,, black with a front-facing camera. That said, I do think the device is nicer looking than The Fire, which is based on the Blackberry Playbook’s hardware.
Google has clearly aimed at the Kindle Fire with this device. The Fire, of course, runs a forked version of Android controlled by Amazon.
On iOS and Google Maps
According to MacRumors, Apple will be dumping Google Maps on iOS for its own in-house solution.
Of course, as I broke back in March, iPhoto for iOS doesn’t use Google Maps currently. Many have seen this as a dry run for a much bigger change.
If Apple moves away from Google Maps, many will view it as a sign of the growing rift between the two companies. While I do think Apple and Google are more competitive with each other than ever before, I think Apple’s primary reason for such a change is that the company thinks its own solution can offer users a better experience.
WebOS Enyo Team Heading to Google
The HP team responsible for Enyo — webOS’s HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad — will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly, The Verge has learned. What this means for the future of Open webOS is unclear; Enyo and the developers supporting it are central to HP’s open source strategy for the operating system going forward, and it’s hard to say whether this move will have any effect on the planned late 2012 release for version 1.0.
On the Motorola/Google Deal
This is Google’s first and biggest opportunity to make cool, real, physical things that could change the way people live. That sounds annoyingly optimistic, but it’s true. It is fun to laugh a little at Google’s glasses project, self-driving cars, or whatever. But try telling me with a straight face that your iPhone hasn’t changed your life. Many very smart, creative people work at Google, and I’d love to see them try some interesting things and really go for it in a way that Motorola would never have done before.
Droid 3, Droid X2 Not Getting ICS
Flipboard for Android Leaked
At the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III, one unexpected inclusion was the Flipboard app — supposedly exclusive to the handset for the first few months. However, despite the fact that the Galaxy S III hasn’t even been released yet, the Flipboard APK has been posted to the xda-developers forums, allowing any handset to grab the social newsreader. We grabbed the app and loaded it onto an HTC One X, where it runs totally smoothly, and it’s worth noting that xda’s forum members say it runs just as well on older handsets like the original Galaxy S.
comScore: Kindle Fire Half of Android Tablet Market
So, Android is winning, although the most popular tablet doesn’t even run Android proper?
The Google Phone
As part of its on-going trial with Oracle, some of Google’s original plans for a phone have surfaced.
To get right to it, the thing looks like a Blackberry. As the plans are from 2006, it makes sense. RIM was on top, and Google wanted to get in on their success.
Of course, when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January 2007, RIM’s hardware — dominated by cheap, plastic buttons — immediately looked dated.
On Cloud Storage Systems
Speaking of articles on The Verge, the site has posted a great head-to-head of various cloud storage services.
I’m a paying user of Dropbox, and it really has become a core component of how I work. I have multiple Macs and two iOS devices, and Dropbox (more and more, it seems) is the glue I use to keep them together.
iCloud’s document syncing hasn’t changed that for me, and I’m not sure if it will any time soon. I much prefer having folders and sub-folders over iCloud’s data-in-the-app approach.