Our phones aren't going anywhere...working on our phones isn't going anywhere.
With so much information on your phone, how do you find everything?
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Defining the best mobile search depends on what your needs are. Do you want search primarily for the web? Or to find stuff on your phone? Most mobile search engines combine both web and device results, usually with a prioritization of one over the other. Essentially, it comes down to finding the right one for your needs.
We believe mobile search can be reinvented by focusing less on web search results, and more on what the user already has on their phone.
Search on mobile should be more about finding the information fragmented across dozens of apps rather than strong web results and weak device search.
Users should be able to search the content they have on their phone, the information buried inside their apps, and the web, if needed.
From remembering where you parked your car to entertaining you with Candy Crush Saga, your phone has an app for everything.
We waded through lists of productivity apps to find the ten most users agree are the best.
Let us know if you have a favorite that we missed.
When performing an action on your phone you must first find/access the app that will perform the necessary task.
Let's use e-mail as an example.
1. First you look for your preferred e-mail app - for the sake of this post let's just assume you use Gmail. So you will use one of the following means to find Gmail first...
We did 4 tests--two to show search speed, and another two to show app efficiency. In case you do not feel like reading through the following results, we created a handy infographic compiling our findings...
From the beginning, WhereDat was built to utilize both deep links and deep search. We built it that way because it's the fastest way to search, allowing our app to search both your phone content and the content inside your apps. That's the cool part...
Three years ago I made the switch from an iPhone to an Android. What did I miss the most? The spotlight search! I used the spotlight search so much on iOS, if Apple ever allowed that home screen to change, I would've figured out how to hack their system and make the Spotlight search my home screen. So....
