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Google's Android Gesture Search: A Fingers-On Tour
Google's just announced a brand new app that lets you search your phone by drawing letters. Gesture Search, available for devices running Android 2.0 or higher, works by identifying your on-screen gestures and using them to dig through your contacts, apps, bookmarks, and music. Here's a look at how it works. - JR Raphael, PCWorld
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