ever since I down loaded 4.6.0.217 I cannot click onto Live search to use, on 4.6.0.162 i had no problem. I deleted it, re down loaded, even did a battery pull, no luck, I am on Rogers Wireless, any one else have problems similar

Live Search will only work on 4.6.0.185 and older. Anything above that is not compatible.

It is a known issue with anything higher than .185. It is a Microsoft issue and they will need to update LiveSearch to correct the issue, according to what is all over the boards about this.

-Brad

is there a similar program out there that we can use in the mean time

There are a multitude of Google apps at Google Mobile that might get you what you desire.

As Brad stated, Google is good, also Yahoo Go!