Microsoft’s Live Search for mobile has just been updated to include the ability to detect the location of the mobile user even if their handset is not GPS-enabled. Also new in the update are predictive search query input and more detailed views of maps including an option similar to Google Maps Street View.

Jeremy Beasley, Live Search Mobile product manager had this to say,

If you’re not running the latest version of Windows Mobile, don’t worry. We’ve built in support for Windows Mobile 5 phones to make sure that you can use these new features as well.

To download the latest version (4.012158.1) of Windows Live Search mobile, just point your browser to wls.live.com or go here on your desktop for more options.

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