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Google Android 2.0 Donut Has Universal Search and Text-to-Speech Powers

By Matt Buchanan Published May 27, 2009, 4:19 pm ET

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Sort of odd that Android, made by Google, is behind both the iPhone and Palm Pre in rocking the universal search thing. But Google showed off that, a text-to-speech API for Google Voice Search in any app, and other Android 2.0 Donut goodness at Google I/O today. [Engadget]

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