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In the fall, Google released something called Place Pages, which mashed-up all sorts of data for business listings, including geotagged pictures, reviews from multiple networks, hours, maps (complete with Street View and directions), and all of the standard contact information. Now, all of that data is mobile-friendly – just hit up Google.com on your phone’s browser, do a search for a business you know, and open up the local listing.
Now, as soon as Google Buzz plugs into all of this data, then you’ll have yourself a stew goin’. Buzz on Android already allows you to pick the business you’re updating your status from, if it can figure out your GPS location, so it might as well be popped into the appropriate Place Page. Likewise, Place Page information should be easily accessible to Buzz users, so they can check reviews as they’re commenting. Besides that, as nice as the mobile site is, it would be good to see the experience optimized in dedicated search apps, like the one for BlackBerry.
Currently, Android and iPhone are supported, but I managed to pull up Place Pages fine on my BlackBerry, though the map isn’t quite as snazzy as in that video.
[via 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.
