Yet another feature which helps the open-source Google Android Phone score a notable edge over the other smartphones including Apple's iPhone, is Google's newly-released Android- specific Quick Search Box (QSB), which essentially combines the users' web search with search inside the Android Phone.

As such, the QSB, designed by Nicholas Jitkoff, will enable users to look up their personal contacts as well as conduct a generic Google search from the same place. In fact, Android's search pulls up data from inside apps, and does not only look for titles of apps to match the user's query.

In addition, the specific stock that a user searches is automatically pre-load by the Android in the future when the user types in its ticker symbol. In fact, the 'intuitive' QSB also pulls up items that are most frequently searched by the user!

Another attraction of the Android-specific QSB is that it allows third-party developers to include suggestions in search, thereby making outside information from any apps a part of the searchable content.

The Android QSB aims at reducing the users' keystrokes by offering suggestions alongside the typing of words, and offers a single search box to enable users search a wide range of content on the phone - including apps, contacts, and browser history; along with web content, like personalized search suggestions, stock quotes, local business listings, flight status and weather.