Cool Apps: Google Chrome to Phone Extension

via chrome.google.com

This is a really cool extension/application. Plain and simple - it sends links from your Google Chrome address bar straight to your Android-operated phone (launching the relevant application to handle the specified URL for a mobile user).

Their Description:Google Chrome to Phone Extension enables you to send links and other information from Chrome to your Android device.

Cool Factor:For anyone using an Android phone, you know its great having your Google products seamlessly integrated with your phone. Sometimes its even too much biased in this direction, but I guess that means Google really loves their products. For example, Android phones only really offer "push" email to Gmail accounts, the same goes for Google Calendar. This means if you use a POP or IMAP email address, you're S.O.L. But there's always a workaround, you can just forward the emails to a Gmail account and use the feature to send emails from a different address.

In any case, that has nothing to do the actual app. To launch this app you have to follow 5 simple steps:

1. Search for 'Chrome to Phone' extension at http://chrome.google.com/extensions
2. Install the Chrome to Phone extension and click on the toolbar icon to sign in.
3. Search for 'Chrome to Phone' in Market on your Android device (it's both a feature extension and featured app today 8/13)
4. Install the Chrome to Phone Android app and complete the simple set-up process.
5. Click the toolbar icon to send the link or currently selected text to your phone.

They have a cute little introductory comic strip that explains it all when you download and install the extension.

For people glued to their Android phones, it's a good way to have maps, URLs, phone numbers, anything you can think of sent directly to your phone from your computer. It has potential to be a really cool app for people that need directions to places, or need a phone number, or any information that is not easily accessed on a mobile phone. By appointing someone they can trust or allowing single time permission to access the joint Google account, Android users can have friends or family send these links or information to their phone with a click of a button. Pretty sweet.

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