Street View Now Offered to the Nokia S60 by Google

Windows Mobile S60 owners can now relax, for Google has decided to bring its Street View application to them as well. This feature was added in September to Google Maps, along with the walking direction feature, which has also garnered a lot of interest from the public. However, at that time, these features were available only for BlackBerry devices and for java-enabled mobiles, which was not a lot of fun for most.

Since then, these applications have been made available only for Android mobiles and iPhones. Now, S60 users can also enjoy their usefulness by visiting google.com/gmm from their smartphones. Now, after waiting for such a long period to receive their own GoogleMaps applications, S60 owners will be glad to know that new features, such as walking directions, transit alerts from participating public transportation authorities, and abilities such as reading reviews on certain locations can be access directly from their mobile. Moreover, Windows Mobile users can also access the 2 and 3 versions of the software by just clicking the previously mentioned link.

In addition, the 360 degrees Street View photos, plus the very welcome changes that were made to the interface are going to improve your navigation reading skills and also make it much easier for you to use these services.

By undertaking these measures, Google has expanded its services for a much wider range of users now, especially considering the fact that Nokia smartphones still represent the dominating mobile on the market. Thus, this move cannot be regarded as unexpected, but as some would argue, it should have come sooner.

One of the reasons for the delay may be the fact that Nokia sales have dropped dramatically in the third quarter of 2008, unlike those for the BlackBerry and the iPhone, which increased enormously. Should you recall another article on the subject, iPhone sales quadrupled in 2008 and thus a trend has apparently emerged - a trend that seems to be influencing users to replace their Windows Mobile and Nokia devices with BlackBerry and iPhone mobiles.