Gadgets & Gizmos

Microsoft has launched its first app for the Apple iPad and it’s a rather lovely-looking version of its Bing search engine.
The Bing app, that is totally free to download from the App Store, is hoping to offer a much more appealing and intuitive option to looking using Safari or the new standalone Google Search app.
Upon launch the app presents a sequence of these visually pleasing homescreen images Bing has sought to use together with a search bar at the leading of the page, and a sequence of categories like Weather, News, Maps, Movies, Finance and Developments.
Hitting Climate will immediately bring up the weather for the locale having a good, revolutionary sliding UI indicative of numerous from the apps we’ve seen grace the iPad’s display. The News section shows off the leading tales of the day from a range of sources (not only msnbc) having a category-centric method that reminds us from the Pulse News app. The Films provide trailers and showtimes.
Bing for iPad also boasts voice search, driven by TellMe, which works a lot better when you talk in an American accent. We attempted searching for T3.com and it introduced up outcomes for Beckham. Go figure. When you’re done using the search, you are able to swipe to the left and correct to entry prior searches or return towards the homescreen.
In saying that, on first impressions, Bing for iPad is brilliantly created and an absolute joy to make use of. It could do with some better sharing options (it only offers the opportunity to e-mail or duplicate the link) but on the whole this looks to become a fantastic addition towards the App Store along with a actual option to the Google search options.