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Verizon Shows Off Android 3.0 Honeycomb at Their Keynote in CES

This morning Verizon’s CEO, Ivan Seidenberg appears during their keynote. The shows was basically showing off the newest Google operating system called Honeycomb. The Motorola XOOM was running the new Android 3.0. The Honeycomb was specifically redesigned for tablet.

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SlashPhone Week in Review – Week 16 2010

Welcome back. We knew you’d make it. After all, this is one of those moments you look forward to all week, right? (Don’t dash our dreams?) Last week was a pretty interesting week in the cell phone industry, but we made it through it with barely a scratch, so we’re good to shove on to [...]

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Google Maps Voice Search Added to Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile

You can’t keep a good feature down for too long. Or, in this case, segregated to specific mobile Operating Systems. Google Maps has been updated to 4.1, and with it comes support for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices. Which, if we can run a quick calculation in our head, means a literal ton of [...]

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Google Enhances Google Maps for BlackBerry with v4.0

Just released today, Google’s new Google Maps for BlackBerry has gotten version 4.0 updates with several new features. You can now start the Google search by voice input. Your search input can be like “Punch Pizza in Minneapolis”, “pizza restaurants” and it is currently available for multiple English accents and Mandarin Chinese. The new version [...]

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Google Releases Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

Google Maps Navigation has been introduced in Beta this week from Google, adding a nice turn-by-turn navigation feature for the existing Google Maps for mobile. It is currently available for US map and will only supported by the upcoming Android 2.0 Eclair. The Motorola Droid will be the first Android smartphone that uses the new [...]

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New Google Maps 3.2 Adds Info Layers

Released for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile phones, Google has updated its Google Maps for Mobile with version 3.2. The new version allows you to add many layers of information to your maps such as public transit, traffic condition, local search results, Latitude friend locations, Wikipedia and more.

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Google Maps v3.0.1 for Symbian and Windows Mobile Available

New Google Maps for mobile updates is now available, which will update your Google Maps to v3.0.1. The new version is available for both Windows Mobile and Symbian. It includes changes to the auto-restart location, backlight timeout, location updates and many other minor bug fixes and changes. You can download the new version directly from [...]

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Google Introduces New Google Maps with Latitude for Location Sharing

Ever think of sharing your updated location with your friends or loves one? This week Google introduces a free add-on, called Latitude with its Google Maps to let you keep track each other location with Google Maps. Once you have granted the permission to view your location to your friends, they can see your approximate location [...]

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Google Maps Mobile Now Offers Business Direction

Finding directions from start point to end point just got better with Google Maps for Mobile now. Google has announced that the mobile software can guide you to restaurant, stores or points of interest instead of just the address. The additional changes is implemented on its server backend, which do not required a software updates [...]

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Google Maps for mobile Gets Street View Add-on

This week Google have released a new version of Google Maps for mobile, adding the “Street View” feature. You can see the actual photo of your search result, for example a restaurant, on your phone directly by clicking on the Street View link after you got the search result.

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