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iPhone users may be familiar with Cooliris, an application that allows fancy view of photos, videos, news, search results and Twitter feeds. That same (actually customized version) application is now available for Android as Gallery in the Nexus One, hence the experience is way much better — when compared to Android’s original Gallery app.
Features of the new Gallery app include:
- Mentioned UI which has been improved, making browsing, organizing, sharing and editing media easier.
- Performance improvements – Cooliris’ app scans quickly through thumbnails of media and loads the high-res versions on selection.
- Picasa connection – two-way syncing with your albums.
- Sharing of individual photos or entire albums via email, MMS, Picasa, or Bluetooth.
- Integration with other apps that leverage rich media.
In the same press release, Cooliris announced its move to join the Open Handset Alliance and effectively make the new Gallery app available to the other member companies, as well. Cool!
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
