I know I have done this many times, and I am sure there are those of you who have done it, too. What am I talking about? How many times have been surfing around and found a site or link to something that you wanted to get onto your Android phone?Maybe it was a download for an app, or a mobile version of a site you want to follow. Before, you would have to turn on your phone, find the browser icon, type it in by hand into the browser and wait… until now.
If you are running Android 2.2 (no support for 2.1) on your phone, there is an extension for Google Chrome called “Chrome to Phone”. This app consists of an extension for your Chrome browser and a receiving application on your device. Using Google’s cloud service, the extension sends the link or other information to the supporting application installed on your phone, and opens the information with the corresponding application. It does more than shoot links, too:
Features:
- Send links to browser
- Google Maps links launch the Google Maps app.
- Selecting phone numbers in Web pages, launches the dialer with the number pre-populated.
- Selected text populates the Android clipboard (long-press on text boxes to get paste option).
This little feature will save you time and, if you’re like me, your fingers (Which I run down enough with texting already). If you’re interested in giving it a trym and you are running Android OS 2.2 (Froyo), then head on over to Chrome to Phone to download the files and let me know what you think, because I am interested to see how many people find this gem helpful.
[via Google Code]
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