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Today is Windows Phone launch day, and all of the carriers, app developers, and handset manufacturers are tooting their respective horns. Google is no exception, as they have announced a search app for Microsoft’s brand spanking new mobile OS. Google Mobile for Windows Phone plugs into the native GPS to provide location-relevant results, as well as offer suggested queries as you type. That’s not quite instant search results, but it’s a good start.
Google mobile apps are on just about every mobile platform, Android and otherwise, but they might butt heads with Microsoft when it comes to things like search. Bing is such a huge and new property that really needs to establish itself on Windows phone, but if Google is open enough to let Verizon completely replace the native Android Google search engine with Bing, one would think that the good will would be reciprocated. There are a few other areas where the two companies are also in competition, like instant messaging, maps, and social networking, but none of those seem to be especially high profile right now. That may change as either side gets dug into the next generation of Windows on mobile.
There’s no sign of the Google app showing up in the Zune marketplace just yet, but if you’ve made the jump and got a Windows Phone, it should be there soon.
[via Google Mobile Blog]
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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.
