iSearch : Easy Web Searches on your S60 v5 Device

The crew from Moubail.com have released a new application/widget called “iSearch“, that makes searching for Images, Video, Websites, etc possible straight from the Homescreen on your Nokia N97. The App is also compatible with other S60 V5 devices like the Nokia 5800, Samsung i8910, etc though (but obviously, you cant use it as a Homescreen plugin).

As you know, S60 V5 has a search app built in, but in the Nokia N97 its buried away in the Applications Folder and for some genius reason doesnt have a Widget mode so you can use it from the Homescreen.

Enter iSearch. Just like Russell Beattie’s Q Search widget, the application appears as a Widget on your N97 Homescreen where you now can directly search the Interwebs.

WHAT DOES IT DO AND HOW?

iSearch speeds up the task of searching for stuff on the mighty Internet. Type a word to search for and click the service of your choice and the widget launches the phone’s browser and loads the result. The widget remembers the last thing that you searched for and displays it in the text box when you start the widget next time.

TIP! To make searching even faster you can set one of the services as default so that when you hit the ‘Enter’ key on the keyboard the widget launches the search right away. You set the default by clicking the ‘Enter’ symbol on the right end of the buttons.

FEATURES

Quickly launch searches for

• web sites  google, bing
• images  google, flickr
• video  youtube
• tweets  twitter
• facts  wikipedia
• dictionary  definr
• more services will be added according to users wishes

Other

• N97 homescreen support – just a big button, a limitation of the homescreen
• remembers the last search
• user definable default service

INSTALLING

You can

1. Download the widget straight to your phone and install it when prompted
2. Download the widget to your computer and email it to your phone
3. Install it by using the Ovi Suite

VERSION HISTORY

28.7.2009 – Version 1.0

You can download iSearch straight from Moubail.com’s Download Page. The App is free, but you can always consider donating to the author to keep it free y’all !