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!