Google wireless - search away from home

For so many web surfers, it's about automatic to type Google.com in to our computer address bar when we want to hunt. So big and well-known is Google that many browsers have a built-in search box or typed cutoff for Google searches. In fact, we tend to associate Google with hunt so much now that the word itself is normally used as a verb, as in "let me Google that". It's much the same as Band-Aid, Kleenex, and Xerox, where the brand name is so pervasive that it's very often substituted for the generic function of the item the brand is applied to. We're used to searching from home, where we've had net access for years now. But Google Wireless hunt is also available for use from Internet-ready cell telephone and some radio PDA devices such as PalmOne and Palm VII.

To hunt from Google Wireless, you will need entree to the net through your radio device. This can normally be arranged through your cellular carrier if you don't already have it. You can hunt the "Mobile River web", which is a aggregation of web pages that have been designed specifically for radio devices. With Google Wireless hunt, you can also hunt all of Google, and the hunt results will be translated into a type of show language that your Mobile River device can interpret.

On a cell phone, searches are performed using the computer keyboard on the phone and GNS, or Google Number hunt. This is a form of hunt input that Google has developed to help make your radio searches easier and quicker. On PDAs, you can use the built-in keyboard or touch-screen keyboard. For the Palm VII, you will need to download special software system to entree Google radio search.