Visual Dictionary (mode mobile)

Flickr Mobile Search / Visual Dictionary / Universal Translator
Flickr the photo sharing website has a Mobile version of its site, its a nice interface for viewing the flickr website on a mobile phone, though its lacking a lot of features. One of these features is a tag search. So ive written a Flickr Tag Search for mobile devices.

As originally suggested by Phillip Torone of Make magazine, the search could also be used as a communication device, or visual dictionary, i.e say you were in a place where you didnt know the language and needed to ask for something you could look up a picture of the thing you required and show it to them, and hopefully they would understand. After all a picture is worth a thousand words right?

Get Started: Mobile Search / Visual Dictionary / Universal Translator. Theres also a PC version at the same URL, to change to PC mode just click the "change to PC mode" link. The difference between the two pages is that the Mobile version just returns 3 images at a time, and when you click the thumnail image, it takes you to a slightly larger version of the image, whereas the PC version returns 20 images per page, and clicking the thumbnail image takes you to the large version of the image on the Flickr.com website.

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I would like to know more about OneReach. Does anybody know more about it?

One Reach: Blog tool wins innovation prize (BBC, 22.6.05)

The winning software, called OneReach, draws on the current interest in blogging. The tool gives travellers access to blogs specific to the area they are in so they can find useful information and tips. It also creates a map which allows family and friends to follow their exact progress while they are away from home. The tool relies on GPS (Global Positioning System) and requires a smartphone.

[...] For Iain Rosarius from BT, one of the judges of the competition, the key was to see how OneReach was different from other blogging tools on the market.
"I was impressed by the enthusiasm of the team and by the fact that is was very topical, using RSS and location-based software," he said. "It also had some very slick tools. For example if you arrange to meet up with someone, your phone will send you maps of how to get there," he said.

theSpoke: OneReach

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