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Google showcased a ton of this at Google I/O. Android ties in really well to their webapps, Google TV (If that succeeds), etc. I remember one example was that

by axod 16y ago

Google showcased a ton of this at Google I/O. Android ties in really well to their webapps, Google TV (If that succeeds), etc. I remember one example was that you can go to maps.google.com and click on a phone icon, and it just sends it straight to your phone which opens a map in the same place. That's really useful integration. I forget the rest of the examples, but they were all pretty 'wow'. I think iTunes is an example of how not to do things. The iPhone is reliant on iTunes completely. With android, it stands on its own and can integrate with other things when you want it to.

byoung2 16y ago
I remember one example was that you can go to maps.google.com and click on a phone icon, and it just sends it straight to your phone which opens a map in the same place That's in Android 2.2...which my phone (HTC Evo 4G) is supposed to be getting today!
- axod 16y ago
  It's an awesome update. Got mine a few weeks ago now. Wifi access point tethering is awesome.
- jrockway 16y ago
  You could have had it a few weeks ago, too, as Cyanogen released a stable-ish version for the Evo. (I have been using it since it was released. Getting rid of Sense was well worth the loss of the never-working 4G functionality.)
dannyr 16y ago
If you have Android 2.2/Froyo, you can download both the Chrome Extensions & Android app. http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/downloads/list http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/downloads/list
- Griever 16y ago
  Thanks for the link! This is actually really freaking cool.
- rodh257 16y ago
  if you don't have 2.2, download an app called 'linkpush' sits in chrome and you click it, copies the url and then you can open the app on your phone to open it.
Samuel_Michon 16y ago
"The iPhone is reliant on iTunes completely." Syncing of email, events, contacts, bookmarks, and files can all be done over the air, through MobileMe. Purchasing and downloading apps, music, podcasts and movies can also be done from the iPhone itself. You only need to connect to iTunes for activation and software updates.

by axod 16y ago

byoung2 16y ago

I remember one example was that you can go to maps.google.com and click on a phone icon, and it just sends it straight to your phone which opens a map in the same place That's in Android 2.2...which my phone (HTC Evo 4G) is supposed to be getting today!

axod 16y ago
It's an awesome update. Got mine a few weeks ago now. Wifi access point tethering is awesome.
jrockway 16y ago
You could have had it a few weeks ago, too, as Cyanogen released a stable-ish version for the Evo. (I have been using it since it was released. Getting rid of Sense was well worth the loss of the never-working 4G functionality.)

dannyr 16y ago

If you have Android 2.2/Froyo, you can download both the Chrome Extensions & Android app. http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/downloads/list http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/downloads/list

Griever 16y ago
Thanks for the link! This is actually really freaking cool.
rodh257 16y ago
if you don't have 2.2, download an app called 'linkpush' sits in chrome and you click it, copies the url and then you can open the app on your phone to open it.

Samuel_Michon 16y ago

"The iPhone is reliant on iTunes completely." Syncing of email, events, contacts, bookmarks, and files can all be done over the air, through MobileMe. Purchasing and downloading apps, music, podcasts and movies can also be done from the iPhone itself. You only need to connect to iTunes for activation and software updates.