Touchable Apps

Searchify’s calendar entry feature lets you add new events to your phone’s calendar just by typing into the search box.

For each calendar on your phone that you can add events to you’ll see an item in the search results.  Just tap it to add the event.

Some examples of what you can enter:

• today 3pm meeting
• tomorrow 15:00 another meeting @ London Office
• tue 1750-1900 drinks @ the bar
• tuesday 9pm-3am party @ Sarah’s
• fri-mon City Break @ Barcelona
• 15/3 0900 interview
• 15/03/2010 9am interview
• 03/15/2010 9am interview (if your phone uses US date format)
• 18/04/2010 3pm – 25/04/2010 7am long event

Events have to have a start date and a description, but the other bits are optional.  If you don’t give an end time, Searchify sets a duration by default (usually one hour, but you can change this in Searchify Settings).

If you want events created by Searchify to have reminders you can do this, just select the option in Searchify Settings.

To use Searchify’s unit convertor, simply type a quantity such as “10 pints” or “2 miles” into the search box.  Searchify will return a list of conversions for that quantity.

Searchify recognises different ways of writing units, so you can enter “10lb” or “10 pounds”.

Searchify will try to work out whether you’ll prefer UK or US units for things like pints.  If you want to change this, you can do so in Searchify Settings.

The units supported are:

MASS: kg, g, mg, lb, oz, stone, cwt, ton

LENGTH: km, m, cm, mm, in, ft, yards, furlongs, miles, leagues

AREA: m², ft², hectares, acres, football pitches

VOLUME: ml, l, fl. oz, pints, gallons, cups, tbsp

TEMPERATURE: °C, °F, K

ENERGY: J, kJ, calories, kWh

PRESSURE: Pa, bar, atm, psi, Torr (mmHg), inHg, cmH2O

POWER: W, kW, MW, mW, horsepower, boiler horsepower (bhp), electric horsepower (ehp), cal/s, BTU/s

TORQUE: Nm, Ncm, kg-metre, pound-feet, pound-inch

If you’d like to see other units added, let me know.