Google Search on Nokia Devices
Google’s native Search application for Nokia devices is out… And it is plain Uber-Kewl!!! Sense and Sensibility! With a couple of questions from my side!!! B-) The application needs to be downloaded from mobile.google.com.
I pulled it up and gave it a test run on my mobile and here are the screen-shots:
The app loads automatically and displays this beautiful image on the screen… Aaaah! bliss!!!
It opens up to the Ctrl key on the E61i / Pencil key on other S60 3rd edition devices.
By the time you enter the search text, the internet connection is initiated in the background. More on this later…
And voila! The search results are displayed using the S60 OSS web browser!
Local Cinema search too!!! We cant book tickets using google yet!
The app integrates maps too…
Driving directions dint work for me though…
Now that the screen-shots are done, I have my set of questions that I want answers for…
- The Google search application selects my internet access point all by itself. It does not have any settings… and the application does not ask me about the access point. How does it know that I use Mobile Office???
- Adding to point number 1, the search application basically opens the browser with a parameter being google.com/search?q=’search string‘. Why does it need to have gprs / wifi running in the background??? The browser on opening proceeds to ask the user about the access point all again…
- Currently the google search app only searches google.com. Is in-device search in the pipe???
With that ends a nice blog post after quite some time!!!…
Due credit to bhuwan for the info… Thanx pal!
