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Ha HA! I've been jealous of my PalmOS buddies with their fancy Google Maps on their less-than-fancy devices. Now it's available for Windows Mobile (and Pocket PC 2003 and up) - both PPC and Smartphone Edition. I'm downloading as I type!

I still think that Live Search Beta and Microsoft's Virtual Earth for Mobile are pretty cool, but I adore Google Maps on PalmOS. Updates as soon as I've played around a bit. Go to http://www.google.com/gmm on your mobile device to get it!

Update: Well, a full review will come later, but for now I'll say it works great on a T-Mobile Dash and on a T-Mobile MDA. Love it. Dragging stuff around is fun on the PPC edition, too. Also includes traffic updates. Screen Shots after the jump.

Like other versions of Google Maps for mobile, with this Windows Mobile version you can find businesses and see real-time traffic updates, along with unique features like contacts integration, GPS support, draggable maps, and tap and hold menus. The business search function proved particularly useful to find delicious Italian food in Half Moon Bay to sate our jet-lagged stomachs. You can download the application here and ActiveSync, or visit google.com/gmm for more information.

Read: Official Google Blog: Real-world testing


Google Maps for WM5 Smartphone Edition (T-Mobile Dash)

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Google Maps for WM5 Pocket PC Edition (T-Mobile MDA)

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Comments (9)

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Posted by anonymous (Imported Comment) | February 1, 2007 4:15 PM

how do you get it to funciton with the gps in the Treo 700wx

Posted by ciuffo (Imported Comment) | February 7, 2007 8:23 PM

Good question, ciuffo. It's actually a bit of a hassle. I'll put up a how-to tomorrow.

http://wmexperts.com

Posted by Dieter Bohn (Imported Comment) | February 7, 2007 8:56 PM

Can you please also send me a how-to on how to get the gps and google maps to function together.

Posted by Sandip Patel (Imported Comment) | February 11, 2007 11:53 AM

Can you also send me how to get GPS working with google maps on my Treo 700wx?

Posted by Felix (Imported Comment) | March 3, 2007 9:38 PM

Hello Felix -

Actually, I posted a video up on this not too long ago:

http://www.wmexperts.com/featured/howto_video_setting_up_bluetoo.html

http://wmexperts.com

Posted by Dieter Bohn (Imported Comment) | March 6, 2007 1:35 PM

Oh, my question was how to get the built-in GPS in my Treo 700wx to function with Google Maps? I know it has a built in GPS, but it's more used for sprint location services and what not.

Posted by Felix (Imported Comment) | March 16, 2007 5:54 PM

sadly, your 700wx does *not* have GPS Built-in. Yes, there's some sort of cell-network-based location bits in there, but there's no way for you to access them / use them.

http://wmexperts.com

Posted by Dieter Bohn (Imported Comment) | March 16, 2007 7:06 PM

does the samsung blacjack i607 have gps built into it? if so, how do i locate it and turn it on?

Posted by Diezel (Imported Comment) | May 2, 2007 10:06 PM

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