Android: Google just updated their very cool Gesture Search app with a small but clever new feature. You can still search your phone by drawing gestures, but now you can activate the app at any time by simply flipping your phone away from you and back again. Handy. [Gesture Search via Google Mobile Blog]
Gesture Search Scours Your Android With The Flip Of Your Hand
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Looks great in concept but I have updated and I can't even get it to work even on the Sensitive setting.
Cyanogen 2.2 HTC Magic.
Some of the comments on the Market are reporting battery issues as well as issues with the double flip. Are there are truth in these (especially the former)?
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