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Google has added an impressive new feature in their mobile search application for BlackBerry. Now when you’re typing or speaking a query, it will scan the local address book and messages with the click of a button. For the address book, this is actually a bit more cumbersome than the native capabilities, which launches into calling/e-mail options as soon as you start typing a contact’s name from the home screen. The e-mail search is a little bit more convenient, but even then, you can launch a search from the native Messages app by hitting S, as opposed to launching the Google app, typing a query, and switching from web to local results.
Anyway, it’s an interesting idea, and I look forward to when the Google app can search all of the on-device apps (Calendar, Media, etc.) as well as cloud-based Google equivalents in the same query.
[via Official Google Mobile Application]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
