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Mobile Search

Siri: Mobile Search, Apple Style

May 19, 2010

This looks cool. Is Siri a Google-killer? Probably not, but if you step back to read my review of 4 other voice-activated mobile search engines, it’s pretty clear to see that Siri is a great leap forward. What does this mean for your business? Underneath the slick iPhone UI and the powerful voice recognition programs, [...]

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Blog From Anywhere

February 18, 2010

It’s been a long time coming, but the WordPress app for Blackberry devices (version 1.0) was just launched this week. I have had my Blackberry for about a year and it becomes a bigger part of my life each day (sadly). The short video below explains all the mobile blogging goodness: The iPhone WordPress app [...]

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4 Voice Activated Mobile Search Options

May 12, 2009

After posting about Google’s mobile search query study earlier today, I started thinking about voice-activated mobile web search. Imagine yourself driving to a meeting but lacking some critical information about a person, place, or company. Typing, texting, or reading while driving is dangerous and potentially deadly, but voice-activated search frees up your hands and eyes [...]

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Mobile Phone Users Search Differently

May 12, 2009

An article in Mediapost quotes a Google study finding that smart phone users are entering longer queries into mobile search engines than their non-smart (dumb?) phone counterparts. The results suggest that iPhone searches mimic computer-based search behavior in terms of query length — about three words per query for computer and iPhone queries, as opposed [...]

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BlackBerry Storm Review

January 24, 2009

I’ve had my BlackBerry Storm for 72 hours now and I think I’ve gotten familiar enough to write up my thoughts to share with some Twitter friends that wanted to know what I think of it, especially in comparison to an Apple iPhone. First off, I’m not here to say whether or not the BlackBerry [...]

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