Google Experiments With Searching Using Gestures
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has unveiled a new way to search on Android-powered phones: Gestures.
According to a post on the Google Mobile Blog, the experimental application is available on Android-powered devices running Android 2.0 or higher in the U.S.
Essentially it works like this: Start a search by drawing a letter from the alphabet on the touch screen. For example, if you want to call your friend Anne, you would open Gesture Search and draw letter
Isn’t it already implemented in Nokia (e.g: 5800) at least for a few applications. It should be a straight forward extension for the Phone book
Gasta.com have approached a number of big search players with a project based in Oxford UK ‘Halographic Search for Public Spaces’ the halograms our voice activated.
I’m surprised they haven’t integrated this into their OS and it’s taken them so long to just have this out as an app.