| Todd Allcock 2007-12-27, 4:33 am |
| At 27 Dec 2007 00:46:36 +0000 John Navas wrote:
>
> Because ... ?
> I've tried the Windows Live Search browser interface at m.live.com,
Which is hardly the same thing as an interactive native (or Java)
application- just as GMM is preferable to Mapquest's WAP interface. The
addition of movie listings/showtimes and gas prices are not only handy, but
sort of a preview of the usefulness of LBS and shades of things to come.
> and
> I personally prefer the results from Google, including GMM, GMail
> Mobile, browser interface, and Opera for the full web version.
WLS (the app) is currently only available for WinMo and RIM devices. (They
apparently took down the Java version awhile ago.)
WLS is better, (on the supported devices) IMO, because of the integration
with the rest of the phone- i.e. saving a business/residential lookup to
Outlook Contacts is one tap. Aerial maps include superimposed street
names, which GMM 1.x didn't (I honestly didn't check if that changed in
2.0.)
>
> I use Superpages Mobile, which does a better job for me than anything
> else I've tried.
Which is fine, but with WLS, it means not changing apps, or manually re-
entering anything, if you're navigating- you can do the lookup search from
within the app then select "Directions To Here" and navigate.
Again, GMM is a fine app, but WLS' integration with other WinMo apps makes
it preferable to me.
As I've said before, the constant oneupsmanship between GMM and WLS
improves both apps for consumers.
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