Searching Your Phone And The Web - Google Nexus One User Manual

Android basics

Searching your phone and the web

You can search for information on your phone and on the web by typing in Quick
Search Box for Android, or by speaking, with Google search by voice.
Some applications, such as Contacts, Gmail, and Maps, have their own search
services, which you can use to search within those applications.
You can also dial a phone number with the Voice Search application, as described in
"Dialing by voice" on page 88.
To search your phone and the web by entering text
1 Press the Search button
When you press Search
Quick Search Box opens.
In some applications, such as Gmail and Contacts, the application's own search
box opens when you press the Search button
applications for information about searching in them. To search your phone and
the web instead of that application, press Search
Search Box. That is, no matter what application you're working in, pressing
Search
You can also search the web with the Search widget on the Home screen, if you
have added it there. See "Customizing the Home screen" on page 58.
2 Enter the text you're searching for in Quick Search Box.
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on the Home screen or in many other applications,
Touch to search by voice.
Shortcuts to previously chosen search
results.
twice opens Quick Search Box.
. See the sections about those
again to switch to Quick
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