Google on Thursday announced that it has used its Gears Geolocation API to make searching for businesses and locales in your area easier on Windows Mobile devices.
According to the company, Search with My Location approximates your location based on Cell ID technology already employed by Google Maps and returns businesses in that area. If you’re looking to find the best Italian restaurants in your area, you can input “Italian restaurants” into the Search field, and it will return a list of Italian restaurants around your location. But it goes beyond businesses and restaurants. Google said that if you want to know the forecast where you are, simply type in “weather” and it will return the weather for your area.
So far, Search with My Location is only available on Windows Mobile phones for users running Internet Explorer Mobile (a full list of compatible phones can be found here) in the US and UK, but Google said that wider support will be available as it continues to enter into agreements with vendors.
To use the new service now, surf to Google.com, click the My Locations link, and get started.
We have a browser plug-in that supports real time GPS enabled search “inside” the mobile browser (Blackberry and Windows Mobile). You can mash out to any service that supports GPS, Zip Code, Area Code, Address or even Cell Tower ID. You can even use it for real time traffic reports.
Check out the demos at http://www.5o9mm.com
Cheers,
Peter
Peter
Sounds like the time is near when your extra features will be offered by google making your business irrelevant. It is better to deal with reality as soon as possible, and your company hasn’t a prayer.
if google could only give consumers and business a custom location on the internet. they solved 90% of search and dont have a clue about standardized keyphrase common sense vertical location.
Custom Strategic Vertical Offerings on a Master Locator Network is the Final Frontier of Search. Google will throw there algorithim and bungled results at users every time. They dont make any money organizing things. Adsense and commonsense dont mix.
“When you have a Standardized MultiChannel Natural Language Location Engine Network, you will not need Googl, there Algorithm, or there mumbo jumbo results. ”
who knew………..common sense killed the cat.
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Live Search in the UK (m.live.com) has Find My Location for ALL devices – not just Windows Mobile. Works on my Nokia too.
They’ve launched it six months ago already.
Btw
Google now returned Bad Request Error 400 on my Windows Mobile. I guess they’ve broken something. Live Search returns location with no problem.
It works for me.I have been waiting for some thing like this for a long time.YIPEE google rocks.
Btw, Your device might not be in the list of supported devices.
I’m using an Orange Windows Mobile Samsung i200 and another HTC Touch device. Still getting a Bad Request 400 error on my i200. On my HTC touch I get a result 3 tube station away.
Orange Locate me finds me spot on.
m.live.com finds me a bit closer between two tube stations.
I have a new Motorola Q9 WM6 smartphone and Google Maps works brilliantly. Well done Google on some excellent technology that truly enables the 3G mobile world. Check us out at http://www.godo.com.au
I’ve just checked their link above for supportd devices. This is really a joke. They’ve got like 15 devices and half of them saying “only works on certain models”. There are so many great location services out there and this one actually sucks. Quite surprised to read this “announcement” about a service that doesn’t even work on most Windows Mobile phones.
Nice work! It should develop into something quite useful over time.