Google intros free Maps Navigation for Android 2.0, Garmin and TomTom stocks plummet
The same day when the Verizon Motorola Droid was officially unveiled, Google announced Maps Navigation for Android 2.0.
Designed from the ground to leverage on your handset’s Internet connection, Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 offer lots of nice features, including: the latest map and business data, search and search by voice (in English), traffic view, [...]
Google Maps 3.2 brings Layers to BlackBerry
Google Maps for mobiles version 3.2 is now compatible with RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, offering users most of the features already available for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile.
One of the nicest new features available now for BlackBerry is Layers. With Layers, users can quickly view various types of info directly on their maps. There are different [...]
Unlocked Android Google phone in the works?
When you say “Google phone” you’re instantly thinking about an Android handset that’s launched under brands like T-Mobile, HTC, Samsung and so on. And while some of these handsets also have Google’s branding on them, they’re not Google-only phones.
Probably that’s why Google wants to have an Android phone of its own.
The Street quotes Ashok Kumar, [...]
Google Search Options now available for mobile
Google Search Options for PC have been available for a while, and now Google has decided to launch these features for mobile too.
Available only in the US at the moment, and only for iPhone, Android and webOS, the Google Search Options can provide more relevant web searches than ever.
For example, you can filter your search [...]
Verizon and Google officially promise several Android phones
Verizon has just announced that it reached an agreement with Google, signing a strategic partnership with the big G in order to release Android devices, as well as related services and mobile applications.
Google and Verizon are ready to “co-develop several Android-based devices” that will be manufactured by leading handset makers.
Most probably, one of the promised [...]
Google launches new Local Search for Mobile
The folks over at Google are, once again, offering improved services for mobile phones – this time its Local Search for Mobile, which has been updated with some pretty nice features.
Local Search for Mobile now integrates Google Maps – this means that you can use Google Maps on your PC to search, for example, a [...]
Google Mobile App for WM now with My Location
Google is continuously enhancing its mobile services, and the latest to get an upgrade is Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile.
As of today, owners of WM phones have Google Mobile App with My Location and thus they can get local results without typing their location. In case you don’t want it, the My Location feature [...]
Google and Baidu to fight over China’s mobile search market
China’s mobile market is continuously growing, so it’s obvious that its mobile search market is also growing – especially since China Mobile and China Unicom have started to offer 3G services across the country (TD-SCDMA and UMTS, respectively).
The two giant mobile carriers currently have more than 600 million subscribers and, although only about 40 million [...]
Google Sync now has push Gmail support for iPhone, Windows Mobile
Google has announced that iPhone, iPod touch and Windows Mobile users can now enjoy push Gmail support via Google Sync.
Launched at the beginning of the year, Google Sync is a service that lets you synchronize Google Calendar and Gmail Contacts with your phone. And, as of today, it also offers Gmail messages pushed directly on [...]
Google Fast Flip launched for Android, iPhone
Google Fast Flip is a new web-based service offered by Google and available to iPhone and Android users (well, to PC users too, but that’s not exactly our concern).
Integrating “some of the best features of reading articles in print and on the web”, Google Fast Flip for mobile allows you to flip through media-rich web [...]