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Along with the announcement about the new version of Windows Mobile, version 6.1, it was also announced that Live Search for Windows Mobile and Blackberry is going to be updated, too. The updates include mapping contacts, Virtual Earth integration, voice input, and weather.
The ability to map contacts means you can see the locations of those in your address book on a map so you are then able to easily get directions to that location.
The Virtual Earth integration will offer you the ability to make “map collections,” or custom maps that you or your friends create. The maps are made on your PC prior to viewing them in Live Search.
For Blackberry users, the new version of Live Search will offer voice input, something that previously only Windows Mobile users had the ability to use. With voice input, you only need speak a command in order to find businesses or [...]
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The Live Search team announced on their latest blog post some great new features for Live Search: Autospell and Stemming. They hope that these features will help to return the best search results for your intent, and not just the particular terms you searched for. The Autospell feature determines whether or not you’ve misspelled your search term and delivers you a page of spell-corrected search results as opposed to a “Did you mean _______?” link at the top. They promise that this feature will only be activated if they are “absolutely, completely, totally, ‘no doubt about it’ confident you misspelled one of your search terms!” The second big improvement is stemming. What stemming does is match the “stem,” or root of the word, rather than the exact word. As an example, they reported that users had told them that the search “half price book Redmond” returned terrible results, but “half [...]
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OK, so you don’t have a Windows Mobile device. Like many busy professionals, your mobile device of choice is a Blackberry. But now, that doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on having Windows Live Search on your phone! With the recent introduction of Live Search for Blackberry (beta), you, too, can get the best of what Live Search Mobile has to offer - including local search, maps, directions, traffic conditions, and more, and all of it custom designed for BlackBerry. To get the download, visit wls.live.com on your Blackberry phone. On the page that displays, click on the “Download” link. If you don’t have a Windows Mobile Device or Blackberry, you can use Live Search from your phone’s browser at m.live.com.
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On Monday, Live Search 411 was officially launched. This voice-activated local search service lets you do local searches right from your phone just by speaking. To use the service, call 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411) from any phone in the U.S. and say where you are and what you are looking for. The service can also send you text messages, maps, traffic maps, and text-based directions. Live Search 411 goes a step beyond simply providing you with business information though - several handy features make this new service really stand out, including:
The ability to connect to any business listing you find for free
Receive SMS links to maps, driving directions and traffic conditions (just say “text me the info”)
Get movie showtimes and even buy tickets over the phone (via a partnership with Fandango)
Share text messages of business details with friends so they can easily meet you there
Hear the current weather conditions and the forecast
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A must-have for Windows Mobile users is the Live Search app for mobile devices. If you need to search for a place, get directions, or find what else is in the area, Live Search for Windows Mobile can really be a lifesaver. After installation, to use Live Search, you just click on the Live Search icon from the device’s Start Menu, and the application launches. From the main screen, you can easily navigate to select the city of your choice by drilling down by geographic region and alphabetical listings. To find a business or category, you enter in the information you need to find in the search box and your results will display on a map. You can use the routing feature to get directions from point A to point B, and, in major cities, you can even see what traffic is like on your selected route. Roadblocks and delays [...]
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