On January 7, to go along with Steve Ballmer’s announcement of Microsoft’s Mobile Search deal with Verizon at CES2009, we launched the latest and greatest version of Live Search for Windows Mobile. So what’s new, you ask?
LOCALIZATION
Now available in France and Italy.
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“LOCATE ME”
Quickly get your approximate location using nearest cell tower of your provider.
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(p.s. For Verizon Wireless customers, there’s a little more coming in the way of our “Locate Me” functionality based on our newly announced partnership. Stay tuned.)
AUTOSUGGEST
Search suggestions including recent searches, address book contacts, business categories, popular businesses, and popular web searches.
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BIRD’S EYE IMAGERY
View landmarks from a 45 degree view just as you do on the desktop.
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And a few items more that don’t come with pretty screenshots…
- IMPROVED SEARCHING
Support for combined “what/where” queries, e.g. “pizza redmond wa” and ability to sort results by distance or by relevance. - BUSINESSES AS LOCATIONS
Improved ability to get directions to a business and set a business as your current location. - BETTER SPEECH EXPERIENCE
Higher accuracy and reduction in clicks when speech recognition confidence is high.
DOWNLOAD:
http://wls.live.com from your Windows Mobile phone.
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