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Google released a new app (right now for Android only) called Goggles. If you haven’t seen this year, go look!

I downloaded this on my Droid and have been playing around with it for a few days. All I can say is that this is crazy. Take a picture of something and Google will (most of the time) find you some info on it. I’ve played around with some examples:

Took a pic of my Macbook Pro sitting on my desk… and Google new it was a Macbook.

I was across the street from the Fox Theater in Boulder and I took a pic of the front of the building. Google knew it was the Fox, and brought up info and links to a map.

I found a Hanna Montana pink tissue box at a local store and I took a pic.. Google knew it was Hanna…

Supposedly it will recognize wine labels too. This is some neat technology and could be useful. Sometimes its hard to search for something based on text, especially if you dont know exactly what you are looking at or it is in some foreign language.

Maybe eventually this will couple with Google’s really great translation tools and do things like translate street signs on the fly… it also reads barcodes and book covers, but its a bit slower than other Android apps for just that.

In a new survey of 26 US Cities and 50,000 users, AT&T ranks dead last in all areas of customer satisfaction.

Interesting that most people assumed ATT was bad in some big cities like NYC and SF, but over 26 cities, that really says something. Also note that “voice” was the lowest ranked item for ATT, and data was generally mid-range. This fits what I have seen when using ATT, the data is usually ok, but voice is pathetic, with major call drop issues.

Also note that Verizon ranks #1 for all categories, and was at or near the highest rank possible in most categories. I wonder how bad things would get for ATT if Verizon get an iPhone….

EDIT: see original article.