Live Search on the Today screen, which could potentially be a great feature, seems like a dud. When I type in a search term all that happens is that PIE opens to the LS home page and asks me to type in a search query again. Is there any way to change this? And if you do type in a term in addition, you get useless photos or maps of random places. Is there any way to change these? I've looked through Help and Menu and don't see one.
Also the new Live Search 2.0 program downloaded from MS is much much better, is there any tweak to get it to open to that instead?
Hermes Wiki has reghacks to change live search to use Google. I use this myself & like it much better.
I've got a seperate Live Search application that doesn't open up PIE and goes to the MS Live page. Everything is contained within the program.
It's this one here: https://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/domore/livesearch.mspx
Gurubumsmack, that Live Search 2.0 app is the one I was talking about, but it's unfortunately not integrated into the Today Screen. I like it and use it so often, that it's mapped to the PIE button on my 8525. I was hoping someone knew a way to substitute its search bar for the useless one in Windows Live which does have a Today Screen link.
I'd known about the reghack that substitutes Google but that wouldn't do much for me.
New MS live search with voice recognition is out, pretty sweet app (and its free) did not see it on here (used search)
http://www.livesearchmobile.com/windows_mobile.htm
looks nice BUT only available for USA and UK.
Waiting for french version.
thanks. Looks good. Graphics seem sharper as well
Nice App using it right now
Wow, this looks cewl!
btw, here's the cab if anyone's interested.
used it eariler..works great now time to use a gps bluetooth to get the real action going
bluetooth gps earthmate gps bt-20 works flawless with this.
will it install over existing rom live search? my old live search is in hemi's wm6.
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will it install over existing rom live search? my old live search is in hemi's wm6.
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If it is MS live search then yes (I removed mine first just in case) if its some other search you may have to remove it (via settings) first
Installed this new Live Search cab,no longer can use Live Search on Today screen
Yes the program works well after installation, but now I have lost the capability of searching from my Today screen Windows Live Search. Any hints at what I should do to fix? What ever I put in to the space for search, it comes back with a window " The file http://mobilelive.com/search etc etc" cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file".Never did use my Live Search on Today screen much , but now it bothers me not having it work. If I am not mistaken, it certainly didn't do the same type of searches that this new version is capable of doing. Can't remember whether it was configured to use Google search or not.. Anyways, somehow the installation buggered things up. Any ideas, I would be greatful for any recommendations. I did do SR, and even uninstalled the New cab, but ended up in a worse scenario, because I couldn't get my old version to work anymore. Looking for the string to change the Search URL to Google. I used to see it all the time, now I can't find it. Thought I would change the Search URL in Schaps Advanced config tool.
Just tried changing the Search string to use Google in regedit, and that did not help. Still can't do a Live search using Today screen search, or when I go to WLM using the search there. Anyone else experiencing this?
I have had no problems with mine. I installed the cab from the web site over the existing Live Search and it works great. I use live search , not Google so maybe that could be a problem. It almost sounds like the registry is messed up. I would reinstall the rom and then install live search again if you are going to use it.
Pre existing Live Search incorporated in WLM before this new one
I had WLM previous to overlaying this separate cab, so I didn't overlay on to a separate ,existing Live Search stand alone program.. Maybe this is why it didn't merge correctly into the WLM . I suppose that if I would have either deleted a previous separate Live Cab only and installed the new one , that might have made the difference.. Thanks
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Yes the program works well after installation, but now I have lost the capability of searching from my Today screen Windows Live Search. Any hints at what I should do to fix?
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The "Search" Today plug in is from Windows Live. (Pocket MSN replacement) Which is not the same as Live Search. Live Search can be download here from your phone: http://wls.live.com/ Look in your programs folder and see if you still have "Windows Live". If so launch it and go to menu /options / Today Screen options.
Thanks Gwelker62
Thanks for straightening me out on the differences. Hopefully helpful to others.
thanks! for those that haven't installed it or clicked the link to look at new features, besides voice recognition it also added gas prices. I haven't actually driven around to verify if they are accurate or not, but at first glance they seem pretty close
thank you so much for the heads up! the voice recognition is slick, but the new gas prices option is even better!
loving the voice recognition... you can just say the name of the place you're looking for and it'll find it.
One question on the BT GPS, will it have step by step navigation if you have a BT GPS? or does it only shows your location?
Gonna have some fun with this methinks...
And by the looks of things its gonna thrape my bandwidth allowance with Orange...
Edit: switching to aerial and zooming into my house I did 2mbyte of data in like a couple of minutes.
Edit2: Does HSDPA downloads use more battery than 3G downloads? I assume they use the same aerial, but does HSDPA use more power transmitting and receiving? I know 3G uses more than GPRS.
can't get voice recognition working here?
have I read somewhere it is a u.s only feature?
anyone in the u.k got it working?the box is greyed out on my app.
live search and gps
i just downloaded and installed the new voice recognition version of live search and paired it with my bluetooth solar gps logger and it works perfectly
to sush1a, you can do both, turn by turn directions, or it can show your location and show you (if you follow the blue line) where to go.
Hey all,
I welcome myself to xda-developers come on all the time but just haven't registered or posted before... I received my HTC Desire from mobiles.co.uk yesterday from their new batch of Vodafone stock. We'll all be glad to hear they are now all retail versions, with retail packaging where the phone is packaged in some plastic too, I'll post some pics later.
Now to what matters most: I found a cheat way to get into the Google Navigation Beta app that is PRE-INSTALLED on the HTC Desire. (At least in build 1.15.405.4 (which probably isn't much different from .3)
Long press on the home screen to place down a shortcut and select Directions & Navigation. It will allow you to preset a Navigation to a location with a quick shortcut. Finish the setup and click save, and then clicking the shortcut will launch Google Navigation Beta!
EXCEPT: Unfortunately, it doesn't actually seem to work (in the UK?)! You get Waiting for location, but once it finds that I am outside the US (it finds me perfectly on Google Maps), it gives me an error No route found: Navigation to your destination is not available to which I have no option but to click Exit Navigation, which then closes the App.
So fellow Desire owners, how can we get around that?
Try out the Brut Mod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887
The audio is intermittently absent - but the display is spot on and works in the UK.
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Try out the Brut Mod
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cheers, I guess that'll have to do for now
Being in Canada (southern Ontario), the universal Bing search barely worked. Well I mean it worked, but it only had two options "news" and "web" or something.
So I switched my system locale to USA... and now I get the full complimented Bing search. And the 'local' works now too... for Canadian-only stuff (Like LCBO, or arenas here in town). It's gonna be so much easier now searching for things. Just hit the search button, touch the 'local' map, and it takes me right to maps (...the way it was supposed to work). Which is awesome don't get me wrong.
But why on earth couldn't they just enable it to work here?? I understand it might be coming in an update, but it works already...
Hi, i am currently confusing to pick a Navigation Apps for my Leo's brother.
I am staying at United States right now, but i am going to visit my homecountry soon, where Bing doesn't support.
Well, Bing is not that bad, i do believe. It saved my life couple times. And i still found it usefull, (and people still call it as a "dumb app" ) ...
But the problem is, Bing doesn't support my country - Vietnam. So , i am going to buy a Google Map -Based map i think.
There are several maps on Marketplace and on xda here. TA Maps, Bingle, Map Pro,GMap... Some of them are free, some are paid. So, do you have any suggestion, which navigation apps are you using?
Thanks...
PS: I have created a lot of thread since the end of April because i have too many thing going on here...