iPhone 3.0: Double-Click and Type to Search! New Home Option for Camera and Spotlight
One of Dieter's longest longings for the iPhone was the ability just to start typing to search. Just turn the phone on and start typing to launch a device-wide query for all your contacts, emails, events, etc.
Well, it looks like iPhone OS 3.0 finally delivers for him, and all of us. The new iPhone 3.0 Settings > General > Home Button preference page expands on the iPhone 2.0 options of Home, Phone Favorites, and iPod with the two new, much appreciated additions:
- Search
- Camera
Primarily an on-the-go photographer? Just set this option and the Camera is always just a double-click of Home away. Mobile accomplisher like Dieter, choose Search and with a double-click you can immediately start typing in Spotlight to launch Apps or find your data.
Boom.
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What is that little icon between the bluetooth and battery?
@redbeard: I just noticed the same thing. I wonder if it has something to do with memory?
@redbeard: it's probably measuring memory usage (RAM). It's a developer beta so that kind of thing is important.
BOOM!
It's the battery meter for the apple bluetooth.
Would it have been really that hard to make the double-click launch ANY application?
The icon is showing that there is an Apple Bluetooth Headset connected.
@rick: maybe that option just isn't ready yet?
I think I might have a hard time deciding between search and iPod as the shortcut. However I can still have full control from the Apple earbuds [ which I lost ]
Perhaps Apple can offer an option for launching a program via triple-click eventually?
The way the iPhone is set up right now is if the iPod application is open it is by default going to be linked to the double tap of the home button and display iPod controls with an interface overlay. I like it this way as that's what I want controlled with the double tap while I am listening to music. However, when I'm not, Spotlight gets my vote in the settings app.
Is there any app that can use the double-home button better? I want to toggle WLAN on my ipod touch with it. thx