Custom ICS Search Widget – personalize your Google Search widget
by Toni McQuilken
May 14, 2012 9:46 AM –
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Custom ICS Search Widget is Google search widget in the style of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), however, works for earlier version; plus it offers a few small customization features.
Price: Free
Tested on: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- The look and feel of the ICS Google search widget, no matter which version of Android you’re running.
Cons
- It’s really just a search widget, with nothing else new about it.
Features:
The Custom ICS Search Widget is a pretty basic app. It is the search widget you get with an ICS installation – and that’s all it is. You get the look and feel of the ICS widget, and you can use it to start a search right from your home screen, but that’s all it does. If you’re looking for additional features or something more than just a search widget, then this isn’t going to be it. You have a few options to adjust the look and feel when you set it up, with the default being the completely white and clear look from ICS. But that’s it.
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Custom ICS Search Widget
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ICS Search Widget
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ICS Search Widget Settings
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ICS Search Widget Searching
Usefulness:
To be honest, I don’t think the app itself is very useful. It doesn’t bring anything new except the way it looks to your device, so if you like a search widget and use one, then all this changes is the way it looks.
Ease of Use:
The widget is very easy to use. There are three settings you can adjust to change the way it looks, but the functionality is exactly the same.
Frequently Used:
This depends on how often you use a search widget. It could be something you access frequently, or something you just need every now and then.
Interface:
The interface, once you get through setup, is just the standard search box, using the ICS colors and design sensibility.