Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Google Search for Nokia Customers Worldwide

Nokia announced Tuesday that Google's popular search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application.

Nokia Search, now with Google, will offer fast and easy access to web information from the handset. In addition, Nokia Search also makes it possible for users to search content on their device and use local search engines for a complete search experience.

"Adding Google to Nokia Search provides mobile users with fast, relevant and comprehensive search experience that will be familiar to the people who use Google to search the web from their desktop," said Google's VP of Engineering and Products for Mobile Vic Gundotra.

"Google search combined with the high quality applications on Nokia devices help make information available to Nokia device users wherever they are and provide an excellent overall experience."

Nokia Search is available on many devices and provides direct access with one click from the active standby screen, saving users time and steps in their searching. Once users have found the information they are seeking, Nokia Search enables users to act on that information by engaging device assets such as maps, messaging or the browser with just one click.

The integration will begin in select markets with the Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 classic with plans to extend to additional Nokia handset models in the future.

Ultimately, Nokia said, it will make Google search available to its customers in over 100 countries around the world, serving mobile owners speaking more than 40 languages.

“Providing choices for our consumers is an important driver in Nokia’s Internet service strategy,” said Ilkka Raiskinen, vicepresident, software and services at Nokia.

“This integration allows our consumers the ability to use the innovative search technologies, which have made Google almost synonymous with Internet search.

This new venture builds on a long standing partnership between the Internet company and mobile giant. Google search has previously been available on Nokia Internet tablets, and last year the Nokia N95 8GB became the first mobile device to fully support YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Google.