Full FeedEven Google hates the BlackBerry Storm - Releases app to prove it
Poor Storm. The touch screen BlackBerry aimed to decimate the touchy iPhone but instantly became the whipping boy of bloggers. Google jumped on that bandwagon of Storm-haters with their release yesterday of the new Google Mobile App - leaving the Storm to fend for itself.
Two new features for BlackBerry
Google packed two new features into the Mobile App: MyLocation and voice search. MyLocation allows users to share their location with their approved friends and to see their location. Many can’t wait to see this feature added to the iPhone’s App; bringing this to BlackBerry is reassuring that the team is working on it.
The new also app brings voice search to BlackBerries (the third phone to get the feature from Google after the iPhone and Android platform). BlackBerry users simply press the green button and speak what they are searching for. Google goodness converts your voice to text and begins the search. This feature has been updated so British accents can be understood (if only by other Brits and this app). Both these features come in the free download from Google, as long as you are not a Storm user.
Turning it into a sh#t Storm
Maybe Google doesn’t love BlackBerries at all:
If you’re like us and hate typing on that tiny keyboard, you’ll be glad to hear that Google Mobile App on your Blackberry will let you search with your voice and with My Location.
Hate is a pretty strong emotion. Perhaps Google has a better phone they could recommend?? At least they built the app for most Blackberries, right?
Storm users were obviously ticked off:
-“No Storm support? That seems like a bad move considering it’s one of the hottest phones on the market right now. *cries*”
-“Every time I see a post like this I only get let down to see that it doesn’t support my Storm…”
-“Very sad that another Google Mobile App is not available for the Storm.”
-“This is bull, why support all the old phones first and not the Storm?”
The comments raged as Google neglected to mention that the Storm was not supported by the new App. After the upset Storm owners complained, Google added the overlooked note at the bottom of the announcement. Nice.
So what is up with that Google? Could it be that they see the Storm as a real competitor to their G1 Android phone? Nah, from what my developer buddies tell me, tackling the myriad of BlackBerries is a royal pain. All in time.
Product page: [Official Google Mobile Blog]
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okay so it’s like this the Iphone is a multimedia phone, blackberries are more productivity and email….business type stuff…so in essance what works for one person may not work for the other… The two phones can co-exsist…..as for google…i’m sure as a marketing ploy the voice to text finding, navigation….what have you would be on the android and not the Iphone or the storm to seem as if a superior phone….
on April 16, 2009 at 01:12 PM - LINK