Posts under ‘Google Mobile’

You asked for it, so here it is. We’re happy to announce that in the latest update to Google Sync for BlackBerry, we’ve added two-way contacts synchronization. This new functionality will enable you to sync your handheld’s built-in address book with your Gmail contacts. This all happens in the background and over the air, so [...]

We recently released new installation packages for Google Maps for mobile in enterprises. These new packages allow IT managers to make Google Maps for mobile, with new features such as Street View and transit directions, available to corporate BlackBerry users.
While this blog tends to focus on consumer applications of Google Mobile products, many of our [...]

On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world’s first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web, and work together in new and innovative ways, as explained in our first post in the blog [...]

Now that Google Maps can give you subway, train, bus, and ferry directions in New York City, it’s a handy tool for planning a night on the town. But what if your plans change while you’re at dinner?
Luckily, Google Maps for mobile can give you the same public transit directions right on your cell [...]

At Google, we develop products that we love to use ourselves. For example, we’re avid users of Search, Gmail, Maps, and many others. But for those of us in mobile, it’s tough. Not all products work the same on all devices, and although we try and optimize for each device, we often run into challenges [...]

This July, Street View went international for the Tour de France, and in August, expanded coverage to Japan and Australia. Now, Street View is coming to another new frontier: your phone.
Today we’re launching a new version of Google Maps for mobile with the same street-level imagery available on desktop. Wondering if the restaurant in your [...]

My Location just got better for all the applications that use Google’s geolocation service!
In November 2007 we launched My Location on Google Maps for mobile, and in the past few months, we’ve location-enabled other applications from third parties and Google. Hundreds of location-enabled iPhone applications, including the Google Mobile App, use Google’s database of cell [...]

From time to time, we all need information about local businesses when we’re away from our computers — like confirming the address of a bar while on the way to meet friends. Today we’re introducing Search with My Location, a new way to make searching for nearby businesses on your Windows Mobile phone faster and [...]

Today we’re pleased to launch Google Mobile App for BlackBerry. It’s a free download and it looks like this:

To download the App, visit m.google.com on your BlackBerry device.
Once it’s installed you’ll have faster search and easy access to Maps, Gmail, News, and more from Google.
So what exactly will you get?

Fast Google search - [...]

Imagine if web sites could provide you with customized information based on your current location, even if you don’t have GPS. Today we’re launching the Gears Geolocation API for mobile and desktop browsers, while two third-party developers are launching the first location-enabled web apps using this API on Windows Mobile.
One of the most popular travel [...]

It turns out we’re not the only ones excited about the new Google Mobile App for iPhone and iPod Touch. Adam Pash, of the productivity blog Lifehacker, shows off how he uses the Google Mobile App.

Our friends at Blendtec got a new 3G iPhone and loaded it up with the Google Mobile App… and you [...]