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The unstoppable Google has recently announced Google Local for your mobile phone!
Go check out their beta site to see if your phone is compatible with the software (looks like all you need is the right version of Java), download and you are good to go! You can plan routes, get turn by turn directions, satellite imagery, even look up the location and phone number of the pizza place around the corner, and then call them right from the app. The maps load very quickly given their detail and it is easy to scroll around, zoom and search.
This would be a very handy tool for those times when you are on vacation and in need of some quick chow, a pharmacy, anything you can think of really! It basically gives you the power of Google’s search engine and Google Maps all on a mobile platform.
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[…] Now that said, I actually do believe that Google puts out some really great products. After all, I have been part of the throng of Google groupies exclaiming their majesty at every release. Google Local has been a huge help a number of times and I remain an avid user of Google Earth and Google Desktop. But it seems that their overall vision (if there ever was one) may be slipping a bit. […]
[…] While I can certainly see myself using this application often in the future, it is becoming a little confusing why Google is developing both this mobile version of Google Maps as well as their Google Local utility. I blogged about Google Local back in December and still use it when searching for certain types of restaurants or stores when I’m out and about. Oddly, this new mobile version of Google Maps has all of the features of Google Local except for the search function. I have to believe that one of these will eventually consume the other rather than Google supporting two separate apps. […]