Dialvetica 2.0

Dialvetica is one of my favorite iPhone apps – it has replaced Apple’s Phone app in my dock thanks to its powerful search functionality and built-in dialpad. If you missed my previous article about it – it’s basically a continually updating list of most-contacted people in your Address Book that is kept up to date based on your habits. So, in my Dialvetica, the top entries are my parents and close friends, with anyone else down in the list.

The new 2.0 version released today adds an iPad version, which I’ll never use in spite of Dialvetica’s support for email adresses, and, more importantly, a completely rewritten engine. Search is visibly faster on my iPhone 4, and the custom keyboard feels snappier, too. Also from the 2.0 changelog:

- Google voice support.

- Search by company title.

- Slight interface improvements. Check out settings to customize.

- Tighter control over data. You can clear your history, reset a contacts call count, etc.

Apple is expected to unveil Assistant tomorrow, and I wonder if there will be some voice-related functionalities to ask iOS to call or text someone in your Address Book, and let the OS figure out on its own which phone number or address to use. We’ll see. In the meantime, you can download Dialvetica 2.0 on the App Store. It’s $2.99.