Google Maps Mobile Offers GPS for BlackBerry 8800 and Future Aggressive Plan Unveiled
Few days ago, we reported Google Map for Mobile support GPS on Windows Mobile phones, The BlackBerry® 8800 Smartphone from Cingular is the latest open GPS experience with Google Maps.
Few examples:
You Are Here — Even when you’re lost, you’ll always know where you are. Your location appears on the map itself, and moves as you do (you’re the blue dot 
).
Where’s the nearest… — Find what’s around you without entering your local information. Don’t know the zip code of an area? No problem. Maps will look up listings around you, so you can get that cup of coffee, late-night pizza, or last-minute bouquet.
Is there traffic up ahead? — Plan your route in advance with traffic updates + GPS. See where traffic starts relative to your current location, and avoid delays.
How do I get there from where I am? — Get directions to where you’re going without needing to type in your local info. Save time (and avoid sore thumbs).
Maps is available on hundreds of mobile devices – with or without GPS. For more information on Google Maps for mobile, click here.
In addition, Google just filled a patent showing extensive Google plans for mobile search.
A Google Patent application newly published on the United States Patent & Trademark Office website appears to furnish extensive details on Google’s plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices.
Fittingly enough, the Patent app is entitled, Local Search and Mapping for Mobile Devices.
The Abstract gives us a sneak peek, referring to:
A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.
But that’s just for starters. To grasp the enormity of what is being described here, I think you should see some art from this application, as well as read the explanation of the Patent art I think you might want to examine.
Read more about Google Patent at ZDNet HERE!
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