Developer:

Microsoft Corporation

Cost:

Free

Description:

Search Utility

Notes:

• Tell Bing what you are looking for with voice-activated search, even addresses.
• Bing helps you to easily find a
• Find shops, images, showtimes (along with reviews, clips and trailers), iPhone apps, travel deals, airfare price predictions, flight information, weather forecast, and walking, transit or driving directions with up-to-date traffic conditions.
• Use the real-time transit feature to see when your bus is coming.
• Add reminders for a business or any location on a map and Bing will notify you when you’re nearby.
• Use Bing Vision to search using your phone’s camera.
• Scan a barcode and Bing will instantly return product results.
• Bing Vision can also detect product information from QR code, Microsoft Tag, UPC codes, and cover art from books, CD, DVDs, and video games.
• Check in with Facebook and Foursquare, without leaving Bing.

Developer:

Nuance Communications

Cost:

Free

Description:

Speech Recognition Search Utility

Notes:

• Fastand accurate, fully automated speech recognition.
• Horizontal tool bar enables fast access to alternative search sites.
• Easily modify or correct search queries by using a list of alternative suggestions.
• Powered by Nuance’s world-renowned Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® software.
• Requires network connectivity (WiFi or 3G/EDGE).

Works on iPhone, and on second and third generation iPod Touch (external microphone required).

Developer:

Google

Cost:

Free

Description:

Search Engine

Notes:

• Search by taking a picture with your iPhone camera
• Image recognition technology recognizes objects and returns relevant search results
• Good at identifying barcodes, products, famous landmarks, storefronts, artwork, business cards, and print ads
• Translate texts in 6 languages
• Search by speaking into your iPhone.
• See results customized to your location
• Google website suggestions
• Search history

Developer:

Fuzzy Beta

Cost:

Free

Description:

Search Engine

Notes:

• Search engine that includes searching the following websites: IMDB, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google Images, Google News, Google Finance, Google Faces, Dictionary, Urbanditionary, Yahoo, Twitter, Youtube, eBay, Google, Slashdot, Delicious, Froogle, Mahalo, Bible Gateway, Rotten Tomatoes, Flickr, Digg, Reddit, WebMD, Weather Underground, HowStuffWorks, and All Recipes.