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Posted by jgbrock Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

This is frickin sweet. Voice recognition has always been just on the outside of useful (in my opinion), but this is outstanding. the accuracy is amazing.

 
 
Posted by mixwell Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

My storm is left out. Why do you hate us?

 
 
Posted by splintercast Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Another reason for me to turn mine in before my 30 days are up and to wait for the 9630...

 
 
Posted by TXBlade Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Really ?

 
 
Posted by NDonline Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Although it doesn't have voice recognition I would highly recommend Poynt for the Storm. Great functionality for finding movies or even fish and chips if that's what you are looking for. Integrates with google maps as well!

OTA Download for free here:
www.mypoynt.com

 
 
Posted by urbanjeff Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

Thats what we get for being pioners errrrrr storm troppers

 
 
Posted by tomsentry Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

I just used it a few times and it worked well for me in my small town, Huntington, WV. I could see me using this on my BB[8830 v4.5.0.127] a lot if the searches work for other things besides location based items. I think it will: I searched "THE OFFICE" and it took me to the NBC website which I did expect. Looking forward to using this program!

 
 
Posted by derbaff Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

nt

 
 
Posted by shutterbuggy Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Google rocks!!!

 
 
Posted by jgbrock Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

As I said, I am pretty impressed. However, last night my 8900 locked up on me when I pressed the talk button. I did not make much of it, just pulled the battery and forgot about it.

Just now, it did it again. Same circumstances. Same result. Program does not respond, won't close, and can't switch away from it. Just for the hell of it, while it was in this state, I called my number. The incoming call screen came on and I pressed ignore. Over the landline, I heard it go to my voicemail. But the call screen refused to go away. Once again, battery pull.

Hope this does not become a habit. I likes my google.

 
 
Posted by evilJaze Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Too bad Canadian English isn't a language option, eh?

 
 
Posted by Martinisloth Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

I press the call button and its says to "Try restarting Google Mobile App" Great Idea though. Can't wait till it works.

 
 
Posted by benberry1 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Why do Storm users keep getting left out! There are only 2 million+ of us!!! Suck it Google!!!

 
 
Posted by grimball Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

Seems like when I browse Crackberry lately, all I see is STORM supported software. Pandora & iHeartRadio don't support the 8820...... Those two come to mind.....That sucks for me.......

 
 
Posted by dmarcus48 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

WOW, this is cool. I've tried several searches and they've all worked. Try saying your name and city and see what happens.

I'm blown away.

 
 
Posted by Accidental Post Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Works if you disable compatibility mode.....

 
 
Posted by skimla Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Edit: not sure why I can't link urls here...

Anyway, go to Storm 3rd Party Apps sub-forum and find the topic "Google Mobile App updated... still no Storm support". You can find the download link to install Google Mobile App for Storm.

 
 
Posted by citi Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

yeah, they still haven't provided the other Storm apps yet, but they are working on new products for older Blackberries?

 
 
Posted by urbanjeff Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

Google licks DingleBerries

 
 
Posted by citi Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

From what I recall, it only offers google mail as an application.

 
 
Posted by rgorman Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

I had that on the BB awhile ago in one of the earlier releases. It worked fine then. I rarely if ever used it other than when I tested it twice.

 
 
Posted by ilmato Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

with all settings and permissions set correctly, voice does not work. App. asks for a reset and still does not work. Problem being reported on multiple blogs. Anyone have any luck with curve 8330. The rest of the app does work

 
 
Posted by captaincaa Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

For those of you that might also use TellMe, how does this addition of voice in Google compare?

 
 
Posted by brokenmonkey89 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

http://m.google.com/m/download/googlemobileapp/apps/3.3.38/L1/BlackBerry...

That's the direct download link for it and you can use that to download it to you Storm. Voice and location both work on the Storm, turn off compatibility mode for full screen view but you won't be able to click anything along the top of the search box except for Gmail if you do so. I don't know if you can click others while running in compatibility mode, I would assume so.

 
 
Posted by skynny70 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

Any know how to get the voice recognition to work on a Verizon Curve 8330? Get the same "Try restarting Google Mobile App" message as reported above.

 
 
Posted by azmaniandevil Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

I'm having the same problem as reported by some people. I've downloaded it twice and everytime I hit the call button it asks to restart the app and try again.

 
 
Posted by Curve 8900 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1155 days ago

I ran this on my unlocked (AT&T) 8900 running beta OS .199. The Google App worked GREAT!

Within a few minutes, I stopped receiving emails, and started getting Uncaught exception: java.lang.NullPointerException and other errors related to the messaging system. I ended up having to delete the Google App and reload my OS.

 
 
Posted by xfuchsiax Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

Location working great on my Verizon 8330. Thanks Google!

 
 
Posted by shelland Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

I downloaded for the Storm using the noted link, but immediately get a message saying "unable to record voice". Anyone else?

 
 
Posted by cputoys Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

No joy on the 8350i as regards the location feature. Silly tho, when jumping into google maps from the app bar, it finds me in a few seconds. There was a similar problem with google maps when this phone first came out--finally corrected in the last version. I hope the folks at google remember what they had to do to fix that problem. The voice search feature works great though...provided you've given a zip code to tell the program where you are. There are so many different programs that do this very thing, I'm not sure we needed another, but who's to say which one does it best? Certainly not me! Anyway, pretty cool that you can speak the words you want to find, especially when your hands are full.

 
 
Posted by jameslmcneil Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

How do we get RIM and Google to colaborate on more projects? This is great for everyone except for Storm owners. Any idea on a timeline for the Storm?

 
 
Posted by price545 Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1154 days ago

Won't work for me either on my Verizon Curve

 
 
Posted by sunfaller Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

Installed and working fine on my Canadian BB storm 9530 with original 4.7.0.76 software, by using this direct link: http://m.google.com/m/download/googlemobileapp/apps/3.3.38/L1/Bla
ckBerry-42/GoogleSearch.jad?dc=gorganic

 
 
Posted by naely Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

I downloaded this app and tried it but it keeps saying "unable to record voice"
not sure why this is happening, went to options and allowed everything.

any suggestions?

 
 
Posted by ExiledTexan Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

Tried it out yesterday. The app seems to work well. I had some minor issues with voice recognition (maybe it's my SE Texas accent) but overall, it worked very well. Definitely worth downloading.

 
 
Posted by jayrodathome Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

It works on my storm to some degree. I followed @skimla's post and It all loaded and worked. I just allowed all permissions. It is a little shaky on the voice search feature but if you speak clearly it will work. I also noticed that if it cannot find anything or doesn't understand you it says "Google mobile app could not connect" Also anything to do with touching the screen to make selections does not work as well either. I've used it holding the send button and speaking to it. I am very much looking forward to this app working fully. How dangerous it is too do a Google search while driving these days especially when oncoming traffic is Googling as well.
I would love to see RIM and Google collaborate on more.

Good luck!

 
 
Posted by T-UP Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

Here is what I did. I downloaded the new blackberry search powered by google which was released today then did a hard reset then tried my google voice again and it worked!!! Thank me later bitches.

 
 
Posted by indolent Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

Google Maps has had these features for a long time. I don't understand the big deal of adding these same features to the google mobile app. Am I missing something?

 
 
Posted by mking2673 Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1154 days ago

For my first test of the voice search I just said "hey" for some reason. Not really a good test word but I guess it thought I said "gay". It then showed search results.
I am reminded of the "King of Queens" episode when Patten Oswald's Tivo started recording ice dnacing and chick flicks because it was "intuitive".

 
 
Posted by hurricanes13 Friday, Mar 27, 2009 1153 days ago

8330 users are having problems with this app. brings up error message when trying voice search. google is aware of the problem with certain devices

 
 
Posted by metall8cat Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1149 days ago

C'mon! Let's see support for the 95xx series!