7.16.2009

iPhone 3.0 Now With Location Based Web Searching via Safari

It's finally here, the Google Mobile Blog has posted, that iPhone 3.0 will include geography based location searches via Safari and Google.com. You must turn on the "My Location" feature on the homepage.

Googlemobile.blogspot.com posted:

As of today, when you visit www.google.com from Safari on your iPhone 3.0, you can choose to turn on My Location by tapping on the link on the homepage. When you tap on the “update” link, your location will be updated and displayed right there on the homepage. Whenever you want to refresh your location, just tap the “update” link. Testing this in New York, my search for “jazz clubs” returned a handful of places within walking distance. I picked one, tapped the phone number, made a reservation, and we were set for the night.
As for now the new service only works in the English language and only in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Google wants its customers to know that it is and optional feature and can easily be disabled for those who are considering the privacy aspects of using "My Location"