And they started a mobile blog: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/ |
And the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6gqipmbcok
This feature is great .. but I'm sure it is going to raise another surge of privacy complains (although it says Google won't know you name and phone number ... if you are logged into your Google Accouunt .. somehow the data would make some sense) ... |
Great feature indeed..!!
I hope it'll work world wide pretty soon.. |
[Moved from "Google Maps location finder for mobile phones" – Tony]
<< ... Google Inc. is testing technology that will find the location of people using its mobile mapping service, even if the phone making the connection isn't equipped with a GPS receiver.
The new tracking feature introduced Wednesday is being touted as an added convenience because it will enable people on the go to skip the task of typing a starting address on a mobile handset's small keys when they turn to Google's maps for guidance.
Using the technology, dubbed "My Location," simply requires pressing zero on a mobile handset equipped with the new software. The sender's location shows up as a blue dot on Google's mobile maps. >>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/google_mobile_maps;_ylt=AoUK.8BXdj0hMCoqZN_Zb536VbIF |
[Moved from "Google Maps location finder for mobile phones" – Tony]
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/lost-no-found.html |
Sounds cool but no love for my 'old' SE P910. Seems 3 years is a lifetime for mobile phones.
The sad thing is that Maps Mobile doesn't even load anymore. Gets to 20% and hangs. |
Sorry I didn't mean to post the official blog message twice.
I hope Apple pushes an update soon to the Google Maps iPhone app with this new feature implemented. |
