Google remembers Windows Mobile, releases Google Mobile app

With all the announcements out of Google the last few days, including offline Gmail access for iPhone and Android, many Windows Mobile users have expressed concern over the future of Google innovation on their platform of choice. With the release of Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile, you can almost hear a collected sigh of relief from WM fanboys everywhere. Wednesday, Google, via the Official Google Mobile Blog, made known the immediate availability of the new app which aims to speed up mobile searching for Google power users.

The new application can be mapped either to a hardware key or the Start menu, and includes a handy homescreen plugin. This application mirrors functionality seen in a Google search homescreen plugin that was released in March of last year, but does make significant improvements in some areas. The new app saves your recent search history for quick access, and provides links to popular Google web apps; such as Google Maps and Gmail.

While most Windows Mobile users would probably prefer to use the dedicated Mail or Google Maps applications rather than web apps, the improved search speed could definitely make this a worthwhile application. In Google’s, self-admittedly, very unscientific tests, Google Mobile App team members were able to complete searches approximately 50 percent faster than they would have by navigating to the browser and then launching Google.com.

The application is currently available for all devices that run Windows Mobile, and are located in the US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, or Germany. To download it directly on your device simply point your browser to http://m.google.com/search. You can check out the link below for video of the application in action.

Read [Official Google Mobile Blog]