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Chrome To Phone: Anybody Using it?

Kaskimondo

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Yes, with the add on in Firefox !! it's great....My girlfriend was cooking and I sent a recipe from a website to the EVO and it worked flawlessly and the kickstand came in handy too !! :)

Now THAT's something that would be really awesome. Someone is at home on the main computer or laptop, and you're out somewhere but they need to send you a link or something, BAM....you got it!
 
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I have it and love it. Makes it real easy to send web pages and maps from you computer to your EVO. It's just cool seeing it in action.

This, only used it once to send directions to my phone after researching places to hit up in NYC on the computer. Worked instantly, much faster than you would expect given that its gotta go from the internet to Google and then from Google to my phone on a cellular network.

I think devs are really going to come up with some cool stuff for the cloud to device APIs.
 
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Well I just tried it, the Firefox version. Is it called Send to my Phone?

Well when I tried it it didnt work, it told me i needed the Chrome to Phone .apk. Did my 2.2 update NOT include it?

Well anyways here's a link for it.

chrometophone-android.apk - chrometophone - Chrome to Phone Extension (Android App) v1.6 Pre-release [Old link] - Project Hosting on Google Code

EDIT: Just did it for the first time, haha that was pretty dam fast.

It's not part of Android 2.2, it's just made possible by 2.2. Anyone that wants to use it needs to install the APK. The same APK works for both Chrome and Firefox so you don't have to do it twice.
 
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Ok, I have installed the app on my phone but I can't find "Chrome to Phone" in the Google Chrome extensions. Anyone have a link? Please and thank you. :)


You'll have to install the Chrome Extension onto your PC. I use the Google Chrome browser and apparently you can use it with Firefox. Once installed, you'll see the android phone next to the address bar. That's how you send the link/map/number to the phone.

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So to recap, .apk to phone and extension to browser. All set after that.

Linky here: http://code.google.com/p/chrometoph...ame=chrometophone-extension-v1.0.crx&can=2&q=
 
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You'll have to install the Chrome Extension onto your PC. I use the Google Chrome browser and apparently you can use it with Firefox. Once installed, you'll see the android phone next to the address bar. That's how you send the link/map/number to the phone.

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So to recap, .apk to phone and extension to browser. All set after that.

Linky here: chrometophone-extension-v1.0.crx - chrometophone - Chrome to Phone Extension (Chrome Extension) v1.0 Pre-release - Project Hosting on Google Code
Thank you! I use Chrome too and when I couldn't find it by searching Chrome to Phone, as was stated in the instructions on the phone, I knew I missed something. :eek:
 
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Question, how long is it taking you guys to receive the information on your phone from the time you send it from the computer? Mine is a bit irregular, like 10 minutes sometimes, and if I send a bunch some will come almost immediately and some not at all (at least not yet).

Wondering if I messed up some settings
 
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Question, how long is it taking you guys to receive the information on your phone from the time you send it from the computer? Mine is a bit irregular, like 10 minutes sometimes, and if I send a bunch some will come almost immediately and some not at all (at least not yet).

Wondering if I messed up some settings

I've tried it from both Firefox and Chrome and they were almost instant.
 
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