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Microsoft has launched a public beta of Windows Live Search for mobile, and David Ciccone over at Mobility Today has been kind enough to demonstrate Live Search on his Windows Mobile phone.
The service service is free, but you'll need a J2ME-capable or Windows Mobile phone and a data plan to to try it out.
Overall it looks pretty nifty. You can search for maps or directions, and can even get traffic updates. The maps seem to load pretty quickly, even when you're zooming in on an aerial view. If you're too lazy to type in what you're looking for Microsoft includes a list of built in categories, such as government & community, health & fitness, or nightlife.
You can download the software from the Windows Live page, or you can install it directly to your device. While web page says you need a Windows Mobile phone, I found that the program runs just find on my Dell Axim X50v Pocket PC as long as I have an active internet connection. And the maps look great in VGA resolution.
The service service is free, but you'll need a J2ME-capable or Windows Mobile phone and a data plan to to try it out.
Overall it looks pretty nifty. You can search for maps or directions, and can even get traffic updates. The maps seem to load pretty quickly, even when you're zooming in on an aerial view. If you're too lazy to type in what you're looking for Microsoft includes a list of built in categories, such as government & community, health & fitness, or nightlife.
You can download the software from the Windows Live page, or you can install it directly to your device. While web page says you need a Windows Mobile phone, I found that the program runs just find on my Dell Axim X50v Pocket PC as long as I have an active internet connection. And the maps look great in VGA resolution.
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Subscribe to commentsdudeDec 1st 2006 7:19AM
google maps for treo has 100% same functionality and is just as fast on a 650
Peter KirnDec 1st 2006 10:26AM
Yeah, but I think Google doesn't yet support Windows Mobile (not with the software, anyway -- obviously their sites work just fine!)
There is some stuff here that looks pretty good, I have to say. Next stop -- trying it with Opera for WM. :)
There's more at the blog:
http://itsallmobile.spaces.live.com/
... but what I find amusing there is that they have a screenshot showing Lincoln Chafee won the Senate race in RI, which never happened. Alternative universe in which Dewey really DOES defeat Truman?
jscroDec 1st 2006 12:35PM
This is a fantastic application. It's frozen on me a few times, and I can't force it closed; but it's certainly promising. It's plenty fast on TyTN.
MrLunkFeb 14th 2007 6:24PM
Youtube demo of google Earth mobile:
or if code did not work:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=98NPPptZcqE
Waseem TraishFeb 14th 2007 7:50AM
dude this is exactly the same functionality and mapping as google maps for wm!
http://google.com/gmm