Product Reviews Net » Bing Maps http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Microsoft Announce Bing Maps: Part of Windows Phone 7 http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/17/microsoft-announce-bing-maps-part-of-windows-phone-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-announce-bing-maps-part-of-windows-phone-7 http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/17/microsoft-announce-bing-maps-part-of-windows-phone-7/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:37:26 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=108771 With Windows Phone 7′s launch scheduled for next month Microsoft is doing everything they can to build the hype, recently they officially announced Bing Maps, which sounds like a direct competitor to Google Maps.

Bing Maps will be the default map control for developers to use when developing apps with the Windows Phone 7 SDK, this map control is free to use for all consumer-facing mobile applications.

If you are particularly interested in Bing Maps you should check the new homepage and the Bing Maps Blog.

Bing Maps should allow app developers to easily incorporate mapping capabilities into their applications, without this easy integration I very much doubt that mapping-centric applications for Windows Phone 7 would rival similar apps available at the App Store / Android Market.

Are you a developer? If so, will you be using Bing Maps in your apps?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/17/microsoft-announce-bing-maps-part-of-windows-phone-7/feed/ 0 Windows Mobile: Bing Maps Update adds Navigation Support http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/05/12/windows-mobile-bing-maps-update-adds-navigation-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=windows-mobile-bing-maps-update-adds-navigation-support http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/05/12/windows-mobile-bing-maps-update-adds-navigation-support/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 07:27:54 +0000 Alan Ng http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=99643 We have some great news for Windows Mobile handset owners now, as Microsoft has rolled out an update to their Bing Maps application, adding free turn-by-turn navigation features to all users.

As reported from BGR, a new navigation button will now appear when you next start up the Bing Maps application, which will provide voice assistance when driving to a particular destination.

The update is available for all Windows Mobile devices running version 6.x on Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T in the U.S. Verizon was not on the compatible list of carriers for this update.

The update is available right now. We imagine some of you will be pretty happy with the update. Try it out now and let us know your thoughts on it.

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