Recently, me and a few fellow Android friends discovered you can do some cool stuff to impress people with your Android phone using the voice recognition search feature.

We found out that you can tell your Android phone to

1) Call <name of friend> Mobile 1
2) Navigate to <name of destination>
3) Do simple math calculation. For example say "10 divided by 2"

Here's a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0hjdOoK9Nk

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Added on June 3, 2010, 4:26 pmIf u do not have the microphone icon when you use the "search" function on your android phone, then you need to install the missing
component.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-...-milestone.html

This post has been edited by pcphobic: Jun 3 2010, 04:26 PM

but u nit connect to internet to use voice search no matter to call or wad rite?

i think really need internet connection to be able to do so..coz when i off the connection then it will say network connection error or sth like that

nope. I used it with both the WiFi and 3G turned off and it still works brilliantly.

But the only thing that is very very irritating is that the phone will "lecture' you with "Next time please say XXX" every bloody time you've made a voice search. Bloody hell.

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Jun 3 2010, 11:06 PM

then, which voice search did u use? i always got connection error for voice seach.

Hold it right there.

I think I've got it messed up with Voice Dial function I've downloaded from the market.

Yup, that voice search definitely needs internet connection.

Why worry about internet connection?
RM68 a month for unlimited internet from Digi SmartPlan. No extra charge even after u hit your cap.

A Smartphone without a Smart Plan is a dumb phone.

There are so many cool apps in your phone waiting to be unleashed and show you the true potential of the Android phone which is I consider
as "Google/Internet in your pocket".

Anytime I want to find out what movie is showing at where ever I'm at, I launch the movie app, and it detects my location and then go to the internet and display the show time from the nearest cinema around me in Malaysia.

So do your Android phone a favor.... set the internet free please from your phone.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EW8rmRCZPE

This post has been edited by pcphobic: Jun 4 2010, 11:20 AM

I worry coz it's not worth subscribing to the smart plan here since there's no 3G coverage in Melaka

Then I feel sorry for u. You won't be able to experience the full potential of The Internet in Your Hand

I have wowed! and poisoned so many friends and colleagues just by showing them the following things:

1) Instant contact list and calendar sync from phone to gmail or gmail to phone and integration with Facebook (profile photo appear instantly after I add new contact in my phone)
2) Find your exact location using the built-in GPS with Google Map and also navigate around.
3) Find out the latest movie showtime based on your current location
4) Use Trapsters to alert speedtraps while driving
5) Get latest weather forecast
6) Show them the Goggle App which do a google search based on what image your camera sees
7) Show them tons of free apps and games from Android Market
8) Demo Voice Search
9) Demo multi-tasking (iPhone cannot multi-task) to iPhone user by playing a MP3 song and run Shazam at the same time, which Shazam display the song info from a database from the internet and also give u a list of youtube videos related to the artist of the song u are playing

And many more stuff

This post has been edited by pcphobic: Jun 4 2010, 11:28 AM

I have also set the internet free using DiGi SmartPlan Unlimited.

From experience, 3G is doing about 1mbps download & 300kbps upload.
If I get EDGE (no coverage or deep indoors), I'll get around 100kbps download & upload speeds.

Btw, find DiGi Telecommunications in Facebook & leave them a note/complain abt 3G coverage in your area - they may not solve ur problems, but are pretty responsive there ...

I think pcphobic covered quite a lot already, maybe i'll add a bit here and there

^ any new appointments i set in my Google Calendar is sync to my phone (vice versa) & to everybody who I've shared the calendar with (including their Android phone) ... seamlessly!
^ the location info is also used by apps like Movie Finder, Twitter, etc ... so location based Searches. All I need to do is ask my Android phone, "where is the nearest hospital" and the google results will show the locations, address, telephone number ... from around my area; if I need directions, just click "navigate" - done.
^ cinema suggestions sorted by distance! Movie Finder app. has details like cinema location/contact info., movies showing and their showtime; view trailers & read reviews!
^ Google GOGGLES rock! It's a search by image app. it recognizes shapes & objects; latest updates includes reading foreign language text and translate to English!

I would like to echo what pcphobic said about DATA PLANS are compulsory for SMART PHONES to prevent them being DUMB-ed
*** unless, of course, if you are in Singapore, where the WHOLE country/island is FREE WiFi-ed ... ha ha ha

Gone were the days I'd say, "I'll have to remember to do that when I find a WiFi connection later" ... which normally means, it will be forgotten ... sad

oh well, constant syncing for me means drain battery even faster, so even if I have 3G I would only sync when I want to.

I'm using Edge connection on prepaid, max RM5/day. Have to limit use la, can't use too much else not worth it. I have wifi in office and at home, so most of the time I will have internet connection anyway.

But yeah, can't have a constant unlimited internet connection sucks

Ha ha ha ... I feel you man ... same here. Androids are not mere mobilephones ... they are a more portable version of netbooks!

Btw, get JuiceDefender and leave the 3G management to the app.
The default setting will switch on 3G for 1 min for every 15 mins OFF - when u switch off your phone screen. You'll get at least 2x battery life out of it.
So far, at the end of the day, I'm still with about 20% battery left. Some has reported >60% battery left by their end of day!
It all depends on how often u surf & talk on the phone ...

Wasn't on DiGi before this ... got a RM10 pre-paid pack to try out their RM5 max per day broadband. Er ... do you know that it's 3G as well? Just that it's capped at 350kbps download and 150kbps upload; EDGE is abt the same (as above).
If you've spend RM5 for that day, I'm sure you're like me ... will use "kau-kau" for the rest of the day (until 12midnite)! Ha ha ha ... it's FREE oredi mah ...

A neat feature but otherwise an impractical novelty in Malaysia. Might be useful in the US though.