LinkPush – Chrome2Phone Alternative For Android 2.1 Users

LinkPush is a fairly ordinary browser extension, which does nothing more than pushing links from your browser (any browser, even Internet Explorer) to your Android phone. There’s already a widely popular extension called Chrome2Phone that does that but if you’re one of those people still on Android OS 2.1, then you might know Chrome2Phone doesn’t work for you and that’s where LinkPush comes in. The extension is used in conjunction with the Android app and effectively pushes links to your phone.

The extension adds a small Android Robot icon next to the URL bar in Chrome and on the Add-on bar in Firefox. The first time you use the extension it will require permission to connect using your Gmail account. You will have to install the free Android app to receive and open links on your device.


To send a link to your phone, simply click the icon in your browser. When you send multiple links, the app queues them in the reverse order they were sent in. Each time you launch the app on your phone, it opens the link in its queue. Extensions are available for Firefox and Chrome, for other browsers, a bookmark is available on the developer’s site.

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Google & Motorola

NEW YORK : Motorola Mobility is in an unusual position.

Acquisitions are aimed at creating some well-articulated synergy between two firms, but Motorola's future role in its $12.5-billion deal with Google is unclear.

Motorola's rich trove of 17,000 patents will allow  Google to defend itself against foes like Apple and Microsoft in legal arena. But, Motorola's position is different.

In fact, the two companies are starkly different.Google makes Internet services and software, thrives on high profit margins and distributes its product using giant data centres. Motorola makes hardware, has modest margins and moves its products on trucks and airplanes.

Some hope the cultures will fuse and lead Motorola to a future as storied as its past. Martin Cooper, 82, who worked at Motorola for 30 years and developed the first hand-held cell-phones there, said he hoped great things would come from combining Google's momentum and confidence with Motorola's tradition of excellence in radio technology.

"The combination might make Motorola successful-- again," said Cooper, whose patent from the early 1970s for cellular phone technology is among those that hang at the company's entrance.

Motorola would become a laboratory for Google to seek to perfect Android in concert with newly acquired hardware engineers, industry analysts said.

But if it appears to be getting too cozy with Motorola, Google risks upsetting other mobile phone makers like HTC and Samsung, who run some of their smartphones and tablets on Android.

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A Handheld Revolution, Driven By Software

Smartphones and tablets are software-heavy gadgets. By driving Android as a low-cost platform, Google is helping the proliferation of mobile devices.

WHAT IS ANDROID?

A free, open source operating system (OS) (software platform) for mobile devices. Any handset manufacturer can install this.

DO-IT-YOURSELF KIT

Android includes an operating system, user interface and

APPLICATIONS:

all the software to run a mobile phone, but without the propeirtary obstacles n rival platforms such as Microsoft windows, Nokia's symbian and Apple's iOS.

135 Million

Number of active Android devices across the world

250,000

The number of Android apps in the market

550,000

The number of Android devices are activated daily across the world, increasing at a rate of 4.4% per week.

WHY IT ROCKS

    By using Google's software kit, many small and independent manufacturers can push their brands, using design and marketing skills
    Contract manufacturers in China and Taiwan help in low-cost-manufacturing.

CONTENT MARKET

    Independence developers, publishers and broadcasters create games, content and various kinds of software applications or "apps" that help boost demand for Android devices.

A WEB OF PARTNERSHIPS

Android is delivered by global partnerships: 39 original equipment manufacturers and 231 telecom carriers in 123 countries, so far

FOODIE LABELS

    Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, froyo, Gingerbread & Honeycomb: Android updates, all named after desserts. Ice Cream Sandwich, the newest version, is expected within the next six months.

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