21 Comments to “Google Mobile App Adds Search by Voice & My Location”

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   Posted by: Nikolaus Walch

   March 25, 2009 at 1:51 pm EST

   Cool! Nice catch!!
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   Posted by: _Paul_

   March 25, 2009 at 2:02 pm EST

   The voice search is surprisingly efficient! I set my left side convenience key to open the search and then I can just say a restaurant and it searches! Awesome for searching while driving
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   Posted by: Kyle

   March 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm EST

   Amazingly accurate. This is a wonderful addition.
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   Posted by: ShvartzBerry

   March 25, 2009 at 3:13 pm EST

   After installing and attempting the voice search, I got an error screen saying Try Restarting Google Mobile App. Of course, even when I exit, it is still running in the background so there is no way to actually restart it except…. rebooting! But that didn’t help either.
   Verizon 8330 Curve – anyone having similar difficulty?

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     Posted by: LawTownPoPo

     March 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm EST

     VZW BlackBerry 8330 4.5.0.77
     same problem
     when holding down the green phone i get a popup “Try restarting Google Mobile App” even when I tried the left conv key
     I “EXIT” and restart Google Mobile App and get the same, and then on a reboot, same
     I don’t have the GPS but the My Location shows the proper ZIP

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       Posted by: LawTownPoPo

       March 25, 2009 at 11:07 pm EST

       VZW BlackBerry 8330 4.5.0.77
       OK NOW…..
       I happen to leave the Google Mobile App open with the curser in the text search field, I saw that it was communicating, I tried the “search by voice”
       IT WORKS..
       I guess we just have to wait a bit
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     Posted by: Sturg

     April 12, 2009 at 2:59 am EST

     I have BB 8330, Verizon. Before I upgraded my OS to 4.5, voice search worked great. After the upgrade, it stopped working. I have tried every suggestion without success. Too bad, I love the app when it functioned properly.
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   Posted by: perry valton

   March 25, 2009 at 4:01 pm EST

   voice search it not working when using wifi only.
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   Posted by: AdamG

   March 25, 2009 at 4:29 pm EST

   Wi fi only prob not working becaue it searches cell towers for location. Turn location off in settings.
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   Posted by: denim vest

   March 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm EST

   I wish there was a google app for the storm and if there is I can’t find it…
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   Posted by: ShvartzBerry

   March 25, 2009 at 4:39 pm EST

   According to the comments on the Google Mobile blog, it might work to use this address to access the jad directly:
   http://m.google.com/m/download/googlemobileapp/apps/3.3.38/L1/BlackBerry-42/GoogleSearch.jad?dc=gorganic
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   Posted by: automan69

   March 25, 2009 at 6:01 pm EST

   Getting the same Error (try restart google app) curve 8330 Telus. Hope it will be fixed soon.
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    Posted by: Xandrex

    March 25, 2009 at 6:47 pm EST

    those two features are not available for Storm devices yet…
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    Posted by: jessica

    March 25, 2009 at 10:23 pm EST

    I am a verizon 8330 curve user and I am getting the same error popup that other people are getting. Even when I reboot, it still says the same thing
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    Posted by: Parabola

    March 25, 2009 at 10:53 pm EST

    Working great on Bell 8330 (4.5.0.131).
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    Posted by: Nikolaus Walch

    March 26, 2009 at 3:20 pm EST

    Can ANYONE tell me what the “Google Domain” field for under Options. Please and thanks!

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      Posted by: Derek

      March 26, 2009 at 6:52 pm EST

      If you use Google Hosted for your accounts, you enter the info there.
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    Posted by: automan69

    March 27, 2009 at 12:04 am EST

    Ok I got this to work on my 8330 curve, telus. What I did is updated my os from .77 to .131 and then dl google again….Bam it works great. Hope this help out.

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      Posted by: brett.freeman

      April 12, 2009 at 1:19 pm EST

      I didn’t see your post before replying with same fix…my bad. -BF
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    Posted by: brett.freeman

    April 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm EST

    Carrier: Verizon
    Model: 8330
    OS: .77

    I tried everyting on this thread to no avail. I then deleted google mobile app and google maps, upgraded my os to .131, reinstalled google mobile app and all is functioning as expected now….slick stuff. Then reinstalled google maps, got the interprocess comm error. Rebooted (either method) and confirmed all still functioning as expected.

    For the upgrade I used the instructions at: http://forum.eveek.com/blackberry-curve-8300/5872-latest-os-8330-4-5-0-188-4-5-0-131-multilanguage.html

    Hope this works for some/all….good luck!

    -Brett Freeman
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    Posted by: ShvartzBerry

    April 21, 2009 at 1:25 pm EST

    I just upgraded to 4.5.0.138 from here: http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/19/8330-os-450138-officially-released-by-telus-mobility/
    And now the voice search works!!
    Hooray!