Google Account Search Beta 0

by sidamos Tue, 16 Feb 2010 1:55 pm EST

Category:

Productivity

Tags:

Last Updated:

2010-04-17

Current Version:

1.1.6

Developer:

http://software.vivalv.de/Googleaccountsearch/english

Distribution:

Not Available via Repository, Available via App Catalog

Total Downloads:

2873

Description

Available via Palm Beta Channel

Description:
If you sync your Palm Pre or Pixi with Google, then this App is definitely for you. It provides much needed features, that are missing on your phone. It can search in your Google (or Google Apps) accounts for text in calendar entries and in contacts (most fields, not only name and company). You can choose between whole or partial word search. Also, it can provide an Agenda view of your upcoming events. You can filter by calendars and contact groups (categories). Tapping on a found event or contact takes you to the day in the calendar or to the detail screen of the contact on your phone. For contacts, you can even dial, send SMS or Email directly from the results list. Contacts can be sorted and grouped by name, last name, company or zip code. You can even use the power of RegExp for some search types! This is a much enhanced version of our App "Google Calendar Search". Enhancements include search in contacts, multiple accounts, partial (sub-string) search, Agenda mode and highlighting in results.

Usage:
Just choose your search direction, put in some search terms and press enter or tap the magnifier button. You can recall the last search terms with the history button on the left. For Agenda mode, please tap the Agenda button at the lower right.
When searching for the very first time, the program will offer you to add a Google account. Without a Google account, a search in Google Calendar or Google Contacts cannot be performed. After you entered your valid account data, you will see the calendars of that account and a back swipe will return you to the Main screen, where you can start your search.

Hints:
The accounts to search and other settings can be found in Preferences.

Privacy:
The Google logins and passwords will be saved unencrypted in a database. Encryption would not make sense without a master password. If you lose your Palm, a webOS expert could find out the saved password.

Motivation:
This program was written because of the following reasons:

at the moment, webOS can not search in the calendar
searching Google Calendar in desktop browsers does not work well with many results and can not do partial (sub-string) search
in the Palm browser, one is always being directed to the mobile version of Google Calendar, where search is not available at all
webOS Universal Search only searches in name and company fields of contacts
webOS does not provide an Agenda view

Homepage: http://software.vivalv.de/googleaccountsearch