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2009-01-04 , 18:24
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Google is getting product ideas for mobile devices.

Quote from Google Product Ideas.
You use Google Mobile products, so who better than you to talk about them? Whether you've got a great idea about Google Maps for Mobile or there's just one small issue Gmail for Mobile that bugs you, now's your chance to share. See what others have to say and vote up the ideas you like the most. We...
I couldn't find any maemo related ideas there and mobile applications currently available are not optimized for tablets and some can't be even used at all.

Perhaps we should post some ideas and vote ideas related to tablets and maemo.
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turn any cell phone into a homework helper. just text message a question and have it reply an answer.

for maeomo: we need a google calendar and google docs port.
 
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Those applications are for mobile devices with low resources, low bandwidth, small screen, w/o touch capability. Think smartphones.
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
Those applications are for mobile devices with low resources, low bandwidth, small screen, w/o touch capability. Think smartphones.
Well if you put iPhone in that category ...
Anyway, it doesn't harm to try
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Originally Posted by tjutzu View Post
(yadda yadda yadda)

...I couldn't find any maemo related ideas there and mobile applications currently available are not optimized for tablets and some can't be even used at all...
Set up a /home/user/.mozilla/microb/chrome directory and add a text file to it named userContent.css >> Here and Here <<...

Then simply add the following lines to your userContent.css file and enjoy most of the Google mobile apps in an easily read format

@-moz-document url-prefix(http://www.google.com/gwt/) {
body {font-size: 180% !important}
}
...and

@-moz-document url-prefix(https://mail.google.com/mail/x/) {
body {font-size: 150% !important}
}
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout
Those applications are for mobile devices with low resources, low bandwidth, small screen, w/o touch capability. Think smartphones.
No matter how you format the full HTML Google Maps site on the tablet or even a desktop, nothing beats the speed and ease of use of GoogleMaps in JAVA or as a WinMo PPC app... and since they also made one for the iPhone and even the Palm I believe, this is one applet that it wouldn't hurt to ask for.

I was kind of hoping apps designed for Android (including GoogleMaps could be easily Hildonized and run on the tablets.
 
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