The entire internet has just started going BONKERS for a new social offering from Google, which has launched today under the brand Google+. There’s a Google+ app on the Android Market here, if you’d like to install it – and yes, the app does work on European phones.
BUT! You need an account to make it work, though, and accounts are obtained through invitation at the moment. So it won’t do anything. Don’t waste you time like we have just wasted ours…
…and we’re not sure if we can be bothered with yet another way to divulge dull facts about our daily lives, anyway.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Bristolboy
/ June 28, 2011Looks like it could be quite important. It is also good to see that you have the +1 widget on your pages – I believe Google have said the popularity of sites/pages as indicated by +1 will have an effect on search engine rankings.
chris
/ June 28, 2011+1 is a waste of time. If people like it they will simply tweet it or facebook like it. As for Google + , a nice idea but will they pull the millions away from Facebook?
mintvilla
/ June 28, 2011they could do yeah, android is a great vehicle for this, as if it mashes facebook and blackberry messenger into one service, then we have a real winner, alot of people have a google mail account so they already have alot of users (in theory) and if they bash it into android like blackberry do with BBM then people will use it and it could really grow, as they are making an iphone app aswell, it could really do a one up on facebook.
k0zmic
/ June 28, 2011The infrastructure for a BBM competitor is already in place as well, i.e. Google Talk. They just need a way to make it easier to share your address e.g. like a PIN or unique set of characters etc.
I think the problem lies in dragging the users away from Facebook in which they’re already entrenched.
Peter
/ June 28, 2011Not installable on Irish phones so it is only available for some Europeans.
hecatae
/ July 4, 2011oops, think I’ve just sent a google plus invite to Gary C