How much better? Well that’s for you to decide. They have implemented some bug fixes and incorporated some new features. Read more for pictures and descriptions of these new treats.
Collections
First up is the new Collections feature. Think of it as an enhanced RSS reader. It basically involves your location into the process. See that entry for Upcoming Events and HomeThinking: Recent Home Sales? Those are searched for by your entered location and results displayed. It isn’t exactly Google Real Estate Search but it’s sort of neat. Interestingly enough, Flickr is included. Go figure Yahoo fans J
Finding RSS feeds isn’t as nice as it should be but when entering AllShadow.com’s feed be sure to use the http:// otherwise it might have a conniption. In case you were wondering it is http://feeds.feedburner.com/allshadow if you want to add the feed to your browser just click the RSS icon up right.
Some more views of the Collections service.
In case you were wondering what the SMS to a Friend screen looked like. Fairly simple and to the point.
Web
Boring actually, not even worth taking a screen shot of. It takes you straight to Pocket Internet Explorer and on the mobile version of Live.com
Weather
Basic, but do we really need seismographs? Okay maybe live radar on a mobile device for free would be awesome but we don’t get that yet. The More Weather Info takes you Pocket Internet Explorer again. What does Microsoft spend their money on anyways?
Overall, I like the addition of Weather and Collections. The ongoing battle of RSS readers has been slow in changes but I’m still yearning for a client side app that operates almost exactly like Google Reader’s interoperability between mobile and desktop browsers plus the ability to star items for viewing on a larger screen. Weather is nice to know if you are anywhere but the Phoenix Area (Sunny all the time except Monsoon season anyone?).
I want to be clear about something though. I like Live Search a lot better than Yahoo’s monstrosity Yahoo Go 2.0/3.0 which takes way too long to start up and never gets my most current email (it’s just eye candy). Plus! Live Search has a smaller footprint on my device. Stomp that!
To get the New Live Search for Windows Mobile simply point your mobile browser at wls.live.com
May 16th, 2008 at 7:31 am
kool, getting it now!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I just picked it up…I’m trying it out now just to see how it goes…
I don’t use live search much*…maybe this will change my mind.
* = Easiest way to change that is if they had the triangulation that Google Maps has…
May 16th, 2008 at 9:16 am
nothing to write home about but still a nice update.
May 16th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
error 404. when ever I click the link provided to download it in the post. help please I want it!!
May 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
dont click on it….just type the url into the address bar and it will work
May 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Loving it….
May 17th, 2008 at 4:52 am
works great this is awesome I love upgrades
May 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Live Search is amazing.
I been using it ever since i got my shadow.
It’s sad that a lot of people don’t know about this.
The speak function is amazing.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I just posted on the new collections feature of Live Search for Mobile, using screenshots from my Shadow, of course. The collections feature doesn’t really sink in as being cool until you realize that you can create a collection on your pc, capture an rss link, and add that to your phone. Now not only do you have the collection available on your Shadow, but you can update the collection on your pc and it will get updated on the phone.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/liveside/~3/293229975/live-maps-collections-mobile-create-a-collection-and-add-it-to-your-phone.aspx
kip
May 19th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
When I go to MAPS, MENU, CENTER GPS it says
GETTING POSITION but never completes it.
Anyone else get this to work?
What is CENTER GPS suppose to do?
May 20th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@ShadowFan2008 - you’ll need a GPS device (bluetooth or similar) for that to work.
I love my Freedom keyring GPS device - pairs great with the Shadow
May 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
does anyone else have a problem when trying to update live search? everytime i install it, then exit, then reopen the application it goes back to the older version. is this a known issue?
May 28th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Anytime I try to open live search I get a message that says and unexpected error has occured in LiveSearch.exe Please help
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 am
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