Google Launches Cloud Print for iOS Devices
Google today announced the launch of new support for the company's Cloud Print service on mobile devices such as those running iOS 3.0 or later. The service allows users to print documents and emails directly from Gmail's mobile interface.
Imagine printing an important document from your smartphone on the way to work and finding the printout waiting for you when you walk in the door. Just open a document in Google Docs or an email in Gmail in your mobile browser and choose "Print" from the dropdown menu in the top right corner. You can also print certain kinds of email attachments (such as .pdf or .doc) by clicking the "Print" link that appears next to them.
The feature is rolling out today and tomorrow for English-speaking users in the United States.The one catch to the functionality is that in order to configure printers for use with the Google Cloud Print service, users must connect their printer to a PC running Windows 7, Vista, or XP and the latest version of Google Chrome. Google promises that support for the feature through Mac and Linux computers is "coming soon".
Apple is of course working on its own wireless printing technology, AirPrint, for iOS devices. But while AirPrint can offer support across a broad array of applications, it does require that the iOS device and printer be located on the same wireless network, whereas Google Cloud Print can enable printing to anywhere.
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I wonder if Google Analytics checks out what's fed into the printer..
ha! i was just thinking about the same thing :D
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English speaking users in the United States? Does Google not know that other countries also have English-speaking users? So I suppose I have to have a US-created Google account to use these features. :confused:
I'm sure there's a reason for it. Calm down, you'll get it eventually. Of course google knows other countries have English-speaking users.
So, you need to have Chrome and Windows to print from your iPhone? Another BANGING product from Google...
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Oh come on, be realistic. If you were going to roll out a new product with limited time and money, which platform do you think you would release on first? The one with the 10% market share? No, of course not.
I'm as anti-Google and pro-Apple as most of the people here but I also have some common sense. Cloud Print works over Google Talk which is based on XMPP. Google have said they had the option of releasing a separate app just to handle printing, but decided (quite sensibly) that wrapping it up into an existing and popular product is easier for everyone.
Mac support will come with time. Fed up of having to wait for Mac's to get the goodies months after the PC folk do? Figure out to how to even the market share.
Haha it looks like Google's iPhone is jailbroken :rolleyes:
More likely they just used Photoshop because they didn't want to endorse any particular carrier. Trust me, this is how lawyers work.
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