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- Remember Where You Parked with G-Park for iPhone
- In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Get Location-Aware Google Maps on Your Palm Centro
- The mobile version of Google Maps has been "location aware" since last November, meaning it could pinpoint your location using either your phone's built-in GPS or cell-tower triangulation. Alas, Palm Centro users couldn't enjoy the location love; they had to input their positions manually (the horror!). As...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Get Mass-Transit Directions with Google Maps for Mobile
- Want to get from point A to point B using convenient, inexpensive public transportation? Fire up the latest version of Google Maps for Mobile, which provides bus and/or train routes right on your phone. Version 2.2 provides transit directions for over 50 North American cities, from Ann...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Google Maps Adds Traffic Times to Driving Directions
- Suppose you're headed across town to meet with a new client. The directions you got from MapQuest say the trip will take you about 35 minutes, so you plan accordingly. But then you get caught in traffic and end up arriving 20 minutes late -- not the kind of first impression you want to make....
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Google Maps for Mobile Gets Better at Finding Businesses
- I've long been a fan of Google Maps for Mobile, but always wished it could give me directions to a local business if I entered just the business name as the destination. Well, my prayers have been answered: Google Maps for Mobile now supports business names when looking up directions....
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
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- Get Maps and Driving Directions on Your BlackBerry with MapQuest 4 Mobile
- It's been a good couple weeks for BlackBerry users. First came Google's new Mobile App, and now there's MapQuest 4 Mobile, a new app that brings the eponymous mapping service to BlackBerry devices. MapQuest 4 Mobile can give you an interactive map of your current location (leveraging built-in...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Google Mobile for Windows Mobile Now Location-Aware
- As we all know from watching decades of sci-fi movies, once computers become sentient, it's all over for humanity. Step one of that process (I'm guessing) is location-awareness, meaning the computer knows where it is. So think long and hard before installing the newly updated Google Mobile...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Google Mobile App for BlackBerry Speeds Searches, Adds Services
- Calling all BlackBerry users: The new Google Mobile App offers faster searches and quick access to Gmail, Maps, News and other Google services. Here's a complete rundown of the app's acumen: Fast Google search  Enter queries without waiting for a browser to load Search history  Easily access and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Not Sure About Android Phones? Perhaps Free Google-Powered GPS Will Change Your Mind
- With ridiculously awesome features like street view, full Internet connectivity, and a price tag of zero, Google Maps Navigation has "industry killer" written all over it. by Rick Broida
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Take the T-Mobile G1 for a Virtual Test-Drive
- The much-ballyhooed T-Mobile G1 isn't available for hands-on pawing yet, but you can still take the world's first "Android phone" for a virtual test-drive. T-Mobile's new browser-based G1 emulator lets you interact with the OS to get a feel for what using the phone will be like. You can't actually...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Five Killer Apps for Palm Centro (and Treo) Smartphones
- In case you missed yesterday's announcement, Palm just unveiled a new smartphone: the Centro, which goes on sale in two weeks for the tantalizing price of $99 (with a two-year Sprint contract). Like its big brother, the Treo, the Centro runs the Palm Operating System, meaning it's compatible with thousands...
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Get Subway and Bus Directions on Your Phone with HopStop
- You already know you can get driving directions via Google SMS, but what if you're on foot in a big city and want to get around via public transportation? Enter HopStop, a free service that lets you access subway and bus directions using only your cell...
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Top Web Services of 2007
- Yesterday I listed my top software picks for 2007. Now let's turn our attention to the Web, where some truly stellar services appeared and/or evolved this year. Seriously, how did we ever call ourselves productive before the Web came along? Google Everything I can't pick a single...
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Skyfire Browser Stomps Pocket Internet Explorer
- Tired of the anemic Web browser built into most Windows Mobile phones? (Yeah, we're looking at you, Internet Explorer Mobile.) Skyfire promises a more PC-like browsing experience, complete with Flash, QuickTime, audio, and video. Skyfire is a free browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 phones. In addition...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Fetch Information on Your Phone with InfoSpace Find It
- InfoSpace Find It is the latest in a long line of "mobile concierge" apps, which promise easy access to information, business listings, driving directions, and the like. But this one has a few amenities not found in the likes of Google Maps for Mobile and Windows Live Search, most notably its...
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- The Five Best iPhone Apps for Road Warriors
- If you spend more time in cabs, coach seats, and hotels than you do sitting at a desk, you're a road warrior. And what's a warrior without weapons? If you have an iPhone, you're already pretty well equipped, what with Google Maps, Safari, and the like. But...
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
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