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The My Location upgrade was nice, but adding pictures right from the street to your mobile maps is even better. Street View has been included in the latest build of Mobile Maps for BlackBerry and Java-enabled phones, so head on over to mobile.google.com to get started. One thing that bugs me a little bit is that the new Google Mobile App doesn’t include the old Google Mobile Updater, which automatically detects when new versions of Google software like this come in. What I would really like to see is a user-driven Street View where you could take pictures on your mobile and have them uploaded to the Google Mothership, get them approved, and put them into Street View. Call me a dreamer.
Oh yeah, there’s walking directions, too! A nice addition to transit directions! There’s also business reviews, which can prove to be a great early-warning system for avoiding bad seafood or other restaurant-based dangers.
[via Official Google Mobile Blog]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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