Microsoft, Sprint debut GPS-aware search
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Microsoft and Sprint expanded their partnership on Tuesday, with the carrier debuting integrated GPS and search functionality using Live Search, as well as voice search through Tellme.Sprint's local search as well as full Internet search through the carrier's mobile portal would now be powered by Microsoft. The local search would also be GPS-aware, allowing consumers to search around their location as detected by the Sprint's network.
The new functionality would be available immediately at no-cost to customers of Sprint's data plans, and would work with most phones.
On select phones, the consumer would be able to speak their search commands, which Sprint says this would be the first time a carrier in the US had launched GPS-enabled search capabilities.