Google Google: Test Drive

December 8 2009, 2:45pm

had some fun toying with Google Goggles this morning. Goggles uses your phone’s camera to do image-based search for products, landmarks, media, shops etc. the results I was getting for products & books are pretty accurate. most impressive: I snapped the artwork (no text, title at all) of a german, medical text-book – first result was the correct link to Amazon. looking forward to test this outdoors, where Goggles is also using GPS & compass to refine results. ps: if you can’t find Googles in the Android Marketplace, make sure you’re running Android 1.6 Donat or higher! if you’re stuck with an G1 like me, you might take the chance to root your phone and upgrade to CyanogenMod…