subject: Yahoo! Launches Search and 'Sketch-a-Search' Apps for iPhone [print this page] Yahoo! Launches Search and 'Sketch-a-Search' Apps for iPhone
Yahoo! today announced the release of two new applications for theiPhone and iPod touch, offering new tools to assist users with searches while on the go.
The first application, Yahoo! Search, is a standard search application offering voice search, local results, maps, and personalized results.
Maximized for speed, the Yahoo! SearchiPhoneapp revolves around an innovativeinterface that delivers contextually relevant results quickly and efficiently. A bevy of features -- tightly embedded maps, localized query suggestions that display as you type, intelligent search history, voice search, and rich content and information from Yahoo! and other sources that appear directly in the results -- creates an optimal experience for finding exactly what you need.
Yahoo! Search is currently available in 22 countries, with moreon the way.Yahoo! today announced the release of two new applications for theiPhone and iPod touch, offering new tools to assist users with searches while on the go.
Yahoo! Search
The first application, Yahoo! Search, is a standard search application offering voice search, local results, maps, and personalized results.
Maximized for speed, the Yahoo! SearchiPhoneapp revolves around an innovativeinterface that delivers contextually relevant results quickly and efficiently. A bevy of features -- tightly embedded maps, localized query suggestions that display as you type, intelligent search history, voice search, and rich content and information from Yahoo! and other sources that appear directly in the results -- creates an optimal experience for finding exactly what you need.
Yahoo! Search is currently available in 22 countries, with moreon the way.
The second application, Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search is a simple yet creative map-basedapplication for finding local businesses. Users can simply draw a circle around a geographic area with their finger and see businesses within their specified region.
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Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search makes search even easier, without typing keywords or thinking about search terms. You simply draw a boundary on your phone's map to discover local businesses within that location. Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search delivers robust local content without people needing to know the neighborhood.
At launch, Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search is available only in the U.S. and covers only restaurants, but additional business categories and localizations are reportedlycoming soon.
Yahoo! Sketch-a-SearchThe second application, Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search is a simple yet creative map-basedapplication for finding local businesses. Users can simply draw a circle around a geographic area with their finger and see businesses within their specified region.
Quote:
Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search makes search even easier, without typing keywords or thinking about search terms. You simply draw a boundary on your phone's map to discover local businesses within that location. Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search delivers robust local content without people needing to know the neighborhood.
At launch, Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search is available only in the U.S. and covers only restaurants, but additional business categories and localizations are reportedlycoming soon.
