Search Utility for Mobile Users
April 2, 2010
In the early days of personal computers, utilities were a big deal. Not so much now. Microsoft Windows includes many useful features which made utilities drop off my radar. I am not sure if a trend is building, but I wanted to call your attention to “ACTRocket 1.3 Web Search Shortcuts for iPhone and iPod Touch.” Presumably the app will be compatible with the frenzy-inducing iPad that has the gliterati cheering.
What struck me is that this utility is “pre-configured [to work] with many popular search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing) as ell as a large selection of Web sites (Wikipedia, IMBb, Twitter, eBay, Flickr.) The idea is that this app gives a user quick access to search, shortcuts to select a particular search engine, a history of queries, and smarts to allow the user to explore search results within an application. You can get more information from Houdah Software, an outfit in Switzerland.
I think the notion of utilities for finding information may be a good one. I want to monitor what other search-related apps surface.
Stephen E Arnold, April 2, 2010
A freebie. No one paid us to write this.
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