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Tap2It brings Googlesque Instant Search to Symbian
Google has begun making Instant Search available to iOS and Android devices but other mobile platforms have yet to receive any support for the new search-as-you-type feature. One of the platforms that Google has ignored is the biggest mobile OS of them all: Symbian. But there is a solution. Tap2It is a free search app that uses Google search APIs and works on new Symbian devices such as the Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01. And, you guessed it, searches instantly pop up as soon as you start typing, and they're refined with each key you press -- just like with Google Instant. Tap2It pulls in Web and local results, images, and videos. To use the local search functionality, you set your location manually (by entering a city or Zip code) when you first run the app. Of course you can change this data whenever you want to. If a business listing shows up in the search results, and has a phone number attached to it, you can dial that number just by tapping it.
Because Symbian doesn't yet have a system-wide portrait QWERTY keyboard, Tap2It brings its own implementation of a portrait QWERTY, that works well enough, especially considering that the instant results system makes sure there isn't much typing to do. Note though that for some reason, the app only works in portrait mode for now.
Tap2It is a free download from the Ovi Store. A demo video of the app's features is waiting for you after the break.
[via Ovi Daily App]
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Subscribe to commentsNyaRNov 12th 2010 12:48AM
lol wtf is a symbian.
Guess why there's no comments on this: the platform is dead/dying. Didn't they make an announcement that they are moving to android or something?
RyzvonusefNov 12th 2010 1:32AM
No, they are not going to adopt Android. They have categorically refuted this as a viable option. And please, no more mobileOS flame wars, we have enough of those on Engadget.
Btw, Hi Vlad, so you are the other new guy, welcome to Download Squad!
lolhipsterNov 12th 2010 1:35AM
Yeah I mean Symbian only powers 36% of the world's smartphones. That's nothing.
NyaRNov 12th 2010 1:36AM
Its 36% now, will it be even 20% a year from now?
therohanNov 12th 2010 2:57AM
Nokia has created the On Demand Web TV template. It enables Web TV services to be optimized for mobile devices. And, because it’s a WRT widget, On-Demand Web TV apps can be accessed with a single click from the home screen of any Symbian^3 device from Nokia.
For more on Web TV application and to download Web TV widget template check this link: http://bit.ly/cTIzBr