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Sure, the iPhone and iPhone 3G – let’s just make it easy and say “iPhone OS” – already provides users an integrated Google Maps application that provides all the driving directions, business information, and location data (thanks to cell-tower triangulation and GPS positioning) you could want. But, what kind of a free market would this be if competing mapping services didn’t offer their own take on mobile mapping?
For the sake of keeping things interesting, Mapquest has announced a new iPhone-optimized version of their website. iPhone and iPhone 3G users need do nothing more than point their Safari browser to mapquest.com. Mapquest detects the iPhone Safari web browser and serves up an iPhone-optimized version of the website.
Mapquest optimized for iPhone and iPod Touch
And, Mapquest for iPhone is just as full-featured as its desktop sibling. iPhone users will be able to flick, swipe, and pinch their way through Mapquest’s Maps, Driving Directions, Local Search, Traffic, Recent Locations, and Cheapest Gas Prices.
Adding the Mapquest website to your iPhone homescreen turns the new service into a veritable web-app alternative to Google Maps.
Happy mapping!
About The Author
Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
