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New York City Mayor Bloomberg has recently announced that the city has partnered with Google to create nycgo.com, a website of the NYC Information Center, which is BTW located at 810 7th Avenue. As part of the agreement, New York City is integrating Google Maps for mobile as part of the offering.
By visiting the dedicated website (www.nycgo.com), users can plan a trip at home and then use their phone to navigate the city. In addition, the site helps you find hotels, restaurants, and other things to do in New York. This is not to say you couldn’t do this before with Google Maps, it’s just that this time it’s kinda official.
Back to the website. The most convenient way is to plan your visits to the city from your computer as most pages embed Google Maps. Once you’ve found something interesting, simply click “send to phone” so you could later find it on your mobile phone.
Finally, Google also reminds us that you can use Google Maps for mobile’s public transport feature to find your way around subway.
Still don’t have Google Maps for mobile installed? Point your mobile browser to google.com/gmm and take it from there. Or in the meantime, check out how NYC Information Center works in real life after the jump.
[Via: Google Mobile Blog]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
