I have written in the past about Taptu, including coverage of their Touch Web Directory, and today we see their announcement of a major Android update. The latest version of Taptu for Android is available for free now in the Market and brings Android Market software into the mix with other search results. Other new features include some user interface elements, search filters, saved search results, the ability to share, and landscape orientation support.
The example given for the Android Market integration is that searching for weather brings you both the Weather Channel website and the Weather Channel application. Flicking through search results cards is the new interface addition and is really very slick on my HTC EVO. I particularly like the upper right search filter user interface and highly recommend you try this out. Taptu for Android supports sharing via Facebook, Twitter, or email too so you can easily let others know about a cool search result you discover.
I personally use another one of their products, Wapedia, as my default Wikipedia search application on my Android devices and recommend you check out this free product too. They have versions for the iPhone, Android, and Palm webOS platforms as well as a mobile site for other devices.
Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.
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Matthew Miller
Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.
Biography
Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 125 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone operating systems. His current collection includes an HTC Radar 4G, Dell Venue Pro, Apple iPad 2, HTC Flyer, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia N9, Apple iPhone 4S, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".
