Google Comes To 3G Enabled Handsets

Google Comes To 3G Enabled Handsets

Google and Sprint announced the availability of the first US-based wireless image search. The new service enables PCS VisionTM customers to search and view Google's collection of nearly 400 million web images and more than 3 billion web pages.

Google TM search services were previously available on the PCS Wireless Web and enabled customers to search for text-based sites and information. With the launch of PCS Vision from Sprint, customers are now able to view full-color photos and access sites and information with graphics and other enhancements.

Using their PCS Vision phones, customers can search for images of celebrities, view details of a car for sale or simply get their latest hometown news complete with color and graphics. PCS Vision users will find Google's easy-to-use search services in the "Tools" folder and through the "Menu" soft key (search option).

"Google is opening a new mobile and visual window to the world for PCS Vision customers," Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division of Sprint. "The ability to search for and view images clearly provides our customers another valuable reason to do more with their phones than simply make calls."

"Google and Sprint are making the web a richer experience for consumers by enabling them to browse and view images and web pages, right from their wireless phones," said Omid Kordestani, Google's senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations. "This announcement demonstrates Google's ongoing commitment to delivering innovative and powerful search services on a wide selection of mobile devices."

PCS Vision from Sprint includes services that enable customers to browse the Internet wirelessly with speeds comparable to a home computer's dial-up connection; check personal and corporate e-mail; download polyphonic ringers and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers; and take and receive pictures on select Vision-enabled PCS Phones.

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