To try it yourself, go to google.com on your Android-powered device , iPhone, or iPod touch, and click on “Images” before doing your search.

With Live Search integrated capabilities, Verizon Wireless customers will have easy access to context-relevant search results. Depending on which device they use, customers will be able to use voice commands and typed queries and even select to use location-aware searches to receive highly relevant search results, including maps, directions, traffic information, information on local businesses, movie theatres and show times, gas prices and weather. In addition, customers will also get search results that include news and entertainment content such as downloadable full-track songs, videos and games. Verizon Wireless customers will be able to access Microsoft Live Search from a device’s home screen, by downloading an application or through Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Web service.

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Paul Jansen, CEO of SPH Search, said: “With Rednano Locate, users can have localised search results literally at their fingertips anytime, anywhere. Beyond just getting Directory information, users can do more: they can view a location map of the subject they are looking for, or directly dial the contact number given. We want the use of Rednano Locate to become an integral part of the daily lifestyle for Singaporeans, helping them make convenient choices whether for work or play.”

“Searchme’s visual search is now available to billions of mobile users, offering a new and better way to search the Web,” said Randy Adams, Searchme Founder and CEO. “Searchme’s interface makes it easy to find what you are looking because we show you pictures of the web sites without the delay of loading them in your browser. On mobile devices this is a real time saver and simply a better way to search the web.”

All mobile users can now go to m.searchme.com and simply enter a short query. The search engine will then display titles and pictures of web pages which match the query along with a list of categories that can be selected for further refinement. To go to a site, you simply select its picture.

“It is interesting to note that as we see the number of mobile search users increase, the frequency of activity is also growing,” observed Alistair Hill, analyst, comScore. “The number of people accessing mobile search at least once a week grew 50 percent in Europe, with France and Spain leading at a rate of 69 and 63 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the number of U.S. users accessing mobile search has more than doubled as a result of expanded 3G penetration and smartphone adoption, as well as the proliferation of flat-rate data plans. We have also seen a substantial improvement to the mobile search offerings in the U.S. market.”

Google is the preferred brand for browser-based searches with a 60 percent share of mobile searchers (”mobile searcher penetration”) in all countries measured by comScore M:Metrics. Yahoo! ranks second in Germany, Italy, UK and the U.S. In the U.S., Yahoo’s mobile searcher penetration is 34.6 percent, more than double its share in most other countries.

Yahoo! oneSearch will provide customers who search AT&T MEdia Net with access to news, financial information, weather conditions, Flickr photos and Web images, as well as Web and mobile web sites. Yahoo! oneSearch will also display relevant ringtones, wallpaper, games and other content available in the AT&T MEdia Mall within search results, eliminating the need for customers to search within a separate window for downloadable content. AT&T’s YELLOWPAGES.COM will provide local search information to customers as part of the agreement.

Also beginning today, Yahoo! will provide mobile-sponsored search advertising within mobile search results conducted through the AT&T MEdia Net portal.

“With Yahoo! oneSearch, we created an award-winning mobile-first search experience capable of delivering relevant answers to mobile users on-the-go. With over 60 partnerships with leading mobile operators around the globe, we are a leader in mobile search and are incredibly excited to bring Yahoo! oneSearch to more and more users every day,” said Bruce Stewart, vice president and general manager, Connected Life Americas, Yahoo! Inc. “Together, AT&T and Yahoo! are meeting consumer demand for compelling mobile services, while creating scale for advertisers, enabling them to reach the rapidly growing audience of mobile consumers.”

“The Thrrum MMS Search service was introduced earlier this year for AT&T and Sprint wireless subscribers,” said K. Gopalakrishnan, CEO of 23half. “Now, T-Mobile and Verizon wireless subscribers also can point their camera phone at a book, a product label or any printed material, take a picture and send a picture message to get relevant information right on their phone. With Thrrum, any text that you see around you becomes a hyperlink that can be ‘clicked’ upon with your camera phone.”

The Thrrum MMS Search service is presently in beta and is available free of charge to T-Mobile and Verizon wireless subscribers in the United States.

The Thrrum MMS Search service is presently in beta and is available free of charge to Sprint wireless subscribers in the United States.

Thrrum MMS Search brings together visual recognition technologies and information search in the context of camera phones. Based on technology first demonstrated by 23half in 2005 in the “nThrum” technology demonstrator, Thrrum MMS Search presents a unique approach to hyperlinking the physical world with related information.

How do we do this? When you navigate to google.com in your browser, we cache the homepage on your phone. If you bookmark this homepage, then returning to Google using the bookmark is almost instantaneous. Whether you come to Google by browser or through our new search plug-in, starting your search is now quicker and simpler than ever before.

Together with the faster loading time, the team has also linked the iGoogle gadgets from the mobile home page. Check out the demonstration video below.

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“Thrrum introduced the exciting visual click-to-search experience last year,” said K. Gopalakrishnan, CEO of 23half. “Now, Thrrum MMS Search extends the experience to additional devices without requiring any software to be downloaded. Users of camera phones can point their camera phone at a book, a product label or any printed material, take a picture and send an MMS to get relevant information right on their phone. With Thrrum, any text that you see around you becomes a hyperlink that can be ‘clicked’ upon with your camera phone.”