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    Google & Other Search Apps For The iPhone

    It has been almost two weeks since I got my iPhone and I have been playing with it for a while now. I wanted to share with you the various cool search applications I use on my iPhone, including Google’s AJAX iPhone search. Google iPhone Search: Google’s iPhone search is available over here. Here are […]

    It has been almost two weeks since I got my iPhone and I have been playing with it for a while now.

    I wanted to share with you the various cool search applications I use on my iPhone, including Google’s AJAX iPhone search.


    Google iPhone Search:
    Google’s iPhone search is available over here. Here are screen captures of me using it for a search on [barry schwartz]:

    Home Page:
    Google iPhone Search

    Entering in a Search:
    Google iPhone Search

    Web Search Results:
    Google iPhone Search

    News Results:
    Google iPhone Search

    Blog Results:
    Google iPhone Search

    Image Results:
    Google iPhone Search

    Digg on iPhone:
    Digg has a neat iPhone user interface as well. You can access it at digg.com/iphone. Here are some screen captures:

    Digg Home:
    Digg on iPhone

    Digg Topic:
    Digg on iPhone

    A Dugg Digg:
    Digg on iPhone

    Bloglines on iPhone:
    Bloglines, owned by Ask.com, is a very popular web-based RSS feed reader. They recently launched Bloglines for the iPhone at i.bloglines.com. Here are some screen captures:

    Bloglines Home:
    Bloglines on iPhone: i.bloglines.com

    Feed Summary View:
    Bloglines on iPhone: i.bloglines.com

    Feed Detail View:
    Bloglines on iPhone: i.bloglines.com

    NewsGator also has an iPhone specific feed reader at m.newsgator.com/iphone.aspx. I do not have a NewsGator login, so no screen shots for you on that.

    Twitter on iPhone:
    There are several Twitter applications for your iPhone, including m.twitter.com, but I prefer PocketTweets. Here are some screen images of PocketTweets in action:

    Twitter Updates:
    PocketTweets - iPhone Twitter

    Twitting:
    PocketTweets - iPhone Twitter

    Twit Updating:
    PocketTweets - iPhone Twitter

    Flickr on iPhone:
    Yahoo’s Flickr is a great search tool also. You can easily search Flickr photos using iPhlickr on your iPhone. Here are some screen images of this in action:

    iPhlickr Home Page:
    Flickr IPhlickr on iPhone

    Searching iPhlickr:
    Flickr IPhlickr on iPhone

    iPhlickr Search Results:
    Flickr IPhlickr on iPhone

    Danny on iPhlickr:
    Flickr IPhlickr on iPhone

    Finding Movies on iPhone:
    Movies App is an iPhone application you can use to find local movie listings and theaters. It contains links to reviews, trailers, maps and to buy the tickets online. Here are screen caps:

    Search for Local Theaters and listings:
    Movies App - Find Movies on iPhone

    Select a Theater:
    Movies App - Find Movies on iPhone

    Select a Movie:
    Movies App - Find Movies on iPhone

    View Movie Listing:
    Movies App - Find Movies on iPhone

    Direct Link to Google Maps on iPhone:
    Movies App - Find Movies on iPhone

    Sport Scores on iPhone:
    I use iPhone Sports to find quick sport scores on my iPhone. I am sure there are other resources out there, but this is the one I know of. Here is a single screen capture:

    Sports on iPhone

    Top News Stories on iPhone:
    PressDisplay.com was shown to me by Gary Price. This site is a news portal designed to work well on the iPhone. Here are screen captures:

    Home Page:
    Press Display on iPhone

    News Article:
    Press Display on iPhone

    Magic on iPhone:
    One last thing, did you know I can make popcorn in my iPhone?

    I am sure there are many other applications you can use on your iPhone for finding information. If I missed any that you are aware of, please comment. I would love to learn of other applications that you love to use on your iPhone.


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    About the Author

    Barry Schwartz

    Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.

    In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.

    Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.