14 DAY TRIAL // One of the latest applications that Microsoft themselves made available for the owners of handsets running under the Windows Phone operating system is Bing Dictionary.
The mobile app was made available last week with a variety of useful features packed inside, including the support for local and online dictionary lookup.
Moreover, the software provides users with features such as Smart Index, Search Suggestions, as well as with other capabilities.
The app is available for download for all devices that run under the Windows Phone 7.5 mango platform, as well as for those powered by newer OS releases.
Coming from Microsoft themselves, the application weighs 5 MB and will require access to the phone’s music and video library, along with data connectivity.
The application is capable of saving any searches, so that users will be able to find things they already looked for much easier.
Moreover, the application features Search Suggestions, so that users can find what they are looking for even if they are unsure of the spelling. The online dictionary will offer search candidates of similar spelling or pronunciation to user’s input.
The main features of this application include:
- Local/Online dictionary: Local dictionary contains 100,000 most-frequently-used English and Chinese words. Online dictionary provides more words, sentences and voice.
- Smart Index: Creative Smart Index matches incomplete words and their inflections. Quick-definition is also provided for convenience. Try to input ”better”?
- Click-to-Lookup: Don’t like keyboard on phone? Try two clicks to start a new search: first click a word in definitions or sentences, then click the search button.
- Machine Translate: online dictionary mode supports machine translation. Input a long sentence to try the latest Microsoft translation engine between Chinese and English.
- Themes and Fonts: UI themes, Chinese or English user interface, and different font sizes for comfortable reading experience.
The application is currently available for download from the Windows Phone Marketplace.
