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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (44983)	9/17/2008 2:14:06 PM
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September 17, 2008 9:36 AM PDT Google Street View goes mobile Posted by Stephen Shankland 5 commentsShare Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Facebook Email Print Google demonstrated Street View on an Android mobile phone in May. Now it's available for BlackBerry phones and several others. (Click on the image above for an Android slide show.) (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News/Google) Street View endows Google Maps with a driver's-eye view of the world, and now people actually on the street will be able to use it, too. The company announced a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile software that includes support for Street View, as well as walking directions and reviews of businesses. Google said the new version is faster too. The new features work on BlackBerrys with color screens and on mobile devices with Java abilities. Sorry, iPhone users. Visiting the Google site with an iPhone produces this message: "Sorry, Google Maps does not work on your Apple iPhone." The move isn't a surprise. Google demonstrated Street View on a phone using the company's Android operating system in May, hooked into the phone's hardware so the view would change according to which way the user oriented the phone. The Android phones are due to be announced