by Frank McPherson, author of How To Do Everything With Windows Mobile

 
Microsoft has released a new version (version 2) of Live Search for both Windows Mobile 5 & 6 as well as J2ME. If you are browsing from your Windows Mobile device go to http://wls.live.com. A browser version is also available at http://m.live.com.

The main new feature is Movie Showtimes, and I think it does a nice job of presenting movies and drilling down to display theatres and show times. The program retrieves a simple description of the movie, while additional information is obtained via a redirect to a web site using Internet Explorer.

There is also supposed to be more local data with reviews, and I checked restaurant listings but didn't find many with reviews. The one restaurant that I did find showed a 4 out of 5 star rating from apparently one reviewer. The program doesn't appear to provide a way for entering reviews, which you would think would be logical via a browser redirect.

The program is also supposed to have better turn-by-turn directions along with GPS integration, but I have not had a chance to check it out.

Live Mobile Search is included with Windows Mobile 6, at least it was part of the upgrade on my T-Mobile Dash. Consequently, one would have expected this to be available for download via the new Windows Update feature in Windows Mobile 6, but so far that does not see to be the case. It does make one wonder whether Windows Update will ever be used.

Labels: 2007, Windows Mobile 6

posted by Frank at 9:18 PM 

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