Comments on: Windows Live Search Mobile Adds New Mapping Features

By: Very Spatial » A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 142

Very Spatial » A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 142 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:23:41 +0000

[...] Windows Live Search Mobile-new mapping features [...]

By: WIRELESS « Daily Marauder

WIRELESS « Daily Marauder — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:24:31 +0000

[...] searches by speaking into their phone, a feature already available for Windows Mobile phones. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/01/windows-live-search-mobile-adds-new-mapping-features [...]

By: Your Daddy

Your Daddy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:46:11 +0000

They’ve been killing Google Maps for months now!

By: Niraj

Niraj — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:27:06 +0000

From the comments so far, you’d think Microsoft is the new Google

Though actually, as a Windows Mobile user I’m thoroughly disappointed with Google as both Live (with Live Search) and Yahoo (with Yahoo Go) are making great strides while Google’s been (seemingly) moving at a snail’s pace.

By: Dekut.com

Dekut.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:21:03 +0000

Windows Live Search Mobile Adds New Mapping Features…

Microsoft will be adding new capabilities to its mobile search app, Windows Live Search Mobile later this Spring. These will include the ability to map a contact, download custom maps from Virtual Earth on your PC to any phone running Windows mobile, i…

By: ajay

ajay — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:15:36 +0000

as i see microsoft is trying to act like other web companies like Google and Yahoo
its core business is office and operating system and microsoft is also losing at that side also

By: gANZO

gANZO — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:06:25 +0000

I wish you guys would run the spell check before you post.

“But of the three big Web comapanies, Yahoo offers the most mobile functionality in Yahoo Go (maps, local search, Yahoo Mail, Flickr, weather, finance, sports, news).”

I see this kind of stuff every day now with blogs.

By: Timothy Lewis

Timothy Lewis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:56:46 +0000

A hopstop.com + windowslive map would be awesome

By: Miles Price (iCluck)

Miles Price (iCluck) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:47:03 +0000

Poor MS, they are trying very hard to crack the case of mobile computing with a perfect maps interface — If it were Google, people would flock, but due to it being Microsoft, people won’t be very interested… Microsoft needs to start focusing on their central strategy and products/services.

By: Mark Bao

Mark Bao — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:04:26 +0000

@bob cobb: Very true. Both have their pros and cons, but most people seem to be polarized when talking about the companies, i.e. Google = always good and Microsoft = always bad. The same with Apple as well.

I like the birds-eye view on Live Maps, four directions of aerial view. Google has yet to have this feature, but Google Maps feels like a much more ’solid’ application than Live Maps. Pros and cons, pros and cons. None of them are ever 100% better.

By: Mark Bao

Mark Bao — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:01:17 +0000

Not bad. Despite the “bad software” stigma around Microsoft (totally untrue) Windows Live Maps (and associated Live properties) aren’t bad. They do need to step it up with Windows Mobile though, it feels like the OS the bottleneck in improving Microsoft’s mobile properties, to be on par with, say, Apple’s.

By: bob cobb

bob cobb — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:58:45 +0000

Nice, MS really has a great product here but it seems to get ignored since its not google