Google Releases Maps For Mobile with Street View Support

Humberto Saabedra

In a post on the Official Google Mobile Blog, Google has announced a new version of the venerable Google Maps for Mobile application with support for Street View and pedestrian direction input as well as increases in loading speed and My Location updates.

The application is now available for all Java enabled handsets and BlackBerry devices with future versions for other platforms planned.

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