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join:2005-12-31
Raleigh, NC
2 edits | reply to Matt
Re: Voice based?
I think voice prompting on cell phones has a very promising future and I see Google taking the lead on that. They've already got a voice-prompted 411 directory service, GOOG411, which not only provides a phone number, but can also send an SMS with a URL to a location on Google Maps. They just need better linkage between GOOG411 with the downloadable version of Google Maps on my cell phone, GMM, to sew things up, such as:
•ability to use GOOG411 to add a new destination to my GMM "favorites" on my cell phone with whatever new destination I was asking for
•ability for GMM to send my GPS location to GOOG411, so it can do proximity searching (right now GOOG411 is limited to proximity searches based on city name).
•ability to use Google Maps from my home PC to edit my "favorites" destinations in the GMM app in my cell phone.
•ability for GMM to give me GPS-triggered directions by voice read-out, just like GPS car-dash systems do now.
The above would satisfy 90% of my needs in using a cell phone beyond just voice calling. It frees me up from having to do any real typing on the cell phone and fully leverages the information that I need from the web. Google has all the pieces to this puzzle - it's just a matter of time before they bring it together.
P.S. I typed this using my home PC.  |
