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Google debuts Search with Location for iPhone OS 3.0
Google has announced that iPhone and iPod touch users running iPhone OS 3.0 can now perform local searches via the company’s My Location feature. When users visit google.com from Safari, a link on the page will allow them to turn on My Location, after which searches can be made on a local basis; the Official Google Mobile Blog uses a search for “Jazz clubs” in New York City as an example. Once the feature is turned on, users can update their location via a link on the main google.com home page. It is unclear whether Apple plans to build the feature into future versions of Safari for iPhone, which would allow for location-based searches via the browser’s integrated search area.
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Cool feature, but this requires the location to be correct (my iPod thinks I live in Lodi CA for some reason
Posted by rockmyplimsoul on July 16, 2009 at 11:06 AM (PDT)