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Forget about searching by typing in a word or a phrase… or saying something and having your smartphone understand what you said and starting a search in that manner. That’s so passé.

Today, Google released a revolutionary new program for Android phones that does searches by examining photographs and live pictures of objects.

The new software is called Google Goggles. It allows you to take pictures with your Android phone’s camera to search the Web. They say it’s great for “things that aren’t easy to describe in words.”

Goggles works better with certain types of searches – like books, DVDs, landmarks, logos, business cards, artwork businesses, products, barcodes, and even text.

Goggles is not so good at resolving information about animals, plants, cars, furniture or clothing.

It’s fun watching Goggles do its thing. You take a photograph and the software scans back in forth (in blue) and tries to figure out what it’s looking at. Very cool.

In my early tests, the software can understand some things that I’ve pointed it towards – such as barcodes and product boxes – and not so good with other items (other cell phones, electronic equipment and my dog, Orangina). I’ll let you know if I have more luck with the software outdoors.

Google Goggles is very new software and should continue to evolve in the near future. I intend to try it with everything I find close-by but you’ll probably think of many more uses than I can come up with.

Goggles is available now for download via the Android Market app store.

Try it and let me know what you think.