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  • 07.28.08
    Mobile Mapping Up 82% Since Last Year gadgets | Comments Off
    Mobile mapping usage is up 82% year over year since last May. Interestingly enough, this still only represents 7.5% of mobile subscribers or about half of the people on the mobile web. Mark Gardner of Comscore says that, “The mobile phone as a personal navigation device makes tremendous sense,” though, in my humble opinion, the user experience has a long way to go. Comscore cites the iPhone as a device that is helping to drive this growing trend. In fact, it's likely also due to the My Location feature in Google Maps for Mobile that determines your location based on nearby ...
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  • 05.19.08
    Windows Mobile Live Search Gets Location on the go | Comments Off
    Last week, Microsoft released a substantial upgrade to their Live Search for Windows Mobile service by offering location-aware search. Now you can use Windows Live search with any built in or bluetooth GPS unit to give context to your Windows live searches. Here are just a few ways that you can use it: Perform a search for restaurants or locations near you. Get turn by turn directions to those results Integrates with Microsoft Virtual Earth and allows you to see your locations See the location of any of your contacts and get directions to their home or office The contacts integration is perhaps the most innovative ...
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