Android 1.6 aka Donut that's being pushed over the air to happy owners of T-Mobile G1 brings us a number of new and exciting features. The one that I'm going to highlight in this post is Quick Search Box.
The idea behind the quick search is to allow a user to enter a search term and intelligently find the most relevant results be it a person in the Contacts list, an application on the phone, a nearby restaurant, or a web property. It goes as far as finding relevant results within applications enabled for such functionality.
What's interesting is that such a seemingly minor feature radically changes the way you interact with your Android phone. Need to call Jim? Type "Jim" in the search box and go from there. Out of gas? Type "gas" in the search box and go from there. Want to launch The Weather Channel app to check the weekend forecast?.. You got the idea.
Search-focused navigation paradigm promoted by quick search box brings Google spirit to Android phones. Like with Google.com or Gmail you search and find. In addition to that what you find on your Android phone is highly personalized and location-savvy. If you don't have an Android phone, buy one and try it for yourself.
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