If there’s one thing to like about online services like Google, it’s that they can update their stuff whenever they want. Google has a penchant for making small but useful updates to their mobile search portal, and yesterday your searches for movies just got better. While we do have Flixster and Fandango available now on our webOS phones, there’s something to be said for the innate elegant simplicity of doing the Google.
Google recently updated their movie search options for mobile search, at least for those lucky enough to be using phones with WebKit browser (i.e. iPhone, Android, and webOS). A search for “Movies” on Google will yield a link to a “More movies” option that opens the new movie search page. From here Google throws together a map of nearby theaters and movies playing on their silvery screens (browsers with geolocation abilities, i.e. Safari on the iPhone, actually use GPS to locate nearby theaters).
In addition to just offering your local playtimes, clicking on a movie will bring up a page with movie summary, map to nearby theaters, more showtimes, cast info, and even images from the film. Throughout all these pages is a “Play trailer” link that pulls the trailer straight from YouTube so that you can watch it right on your phone. The only thing that’s missing? A way to buy tickets for your selected flick, but that’s probably because Google hasn’t yet bought somebody that does that.
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With all this android rage, I've begun to see google mobile about as fondly as I do the microsoft platform.
With Where and Fandango, I'll pass.
Google's awesome but I'll stick to my Fandango. I get everything above even maps to it. It just lacks the GPS. I called my girl, bought tickets through Fandango and copy pasted directions to my GPS less than 5 minutes. I'll stick with my Fandango.
Nofiguru
see the new unofficial Myspace page for the Pre at www.myspace.com/myprespace
Doing, the Google? Is that a new dance move or something? Let's do the Google, everyone!
"The only thing that’s missing? A way to buy tickets for your selected flick, but that’s probably because Google hasn’t yet bought somebody that does that."
Oh noes! Fandango run!!
eff google! i'm running the underdog Yahoo! (yet still a giant.. in search engine and email at least) nevetheless.. google has blossomed too fast (someone say government plot to watch you and take over the world?) lol.. at any rate.. i'll stick with flickster
eff google! i'm running the underdog Yahoo! (yet still a giant.. in search engine and email at least) nevetheless.. google has blossomed too fast (someone say government plot to watch you and take over the world?) lol.. at any rate.. i'll stick with flickster
Nice move, but I hope Fandango brings it's application for us Europeans too
Yes, the Fandango app is just what I need. and hahaha^ Yes, Fandango RUN!! Google might be on to you..... Trust, they are out for a Googly world domination! You're gonna love them ONE way or another... lol
Can we expect the geolocation features to be added to the webOS browser?
I'm just waiting for Google to start eyeing coffee locations. Googlebucks with Googlewifi and a free Google-a-chino. You can surf and read the Google-Times paper and eat a Google-claw.
Very sweet
Fandango charges a premium to buy tickets, doesn't it?
Either way, I don't need to buy my movie tickets in advance. I'll defiantly be using the new updated Google Search, I Appreciate the heads up... pretty sweet!
You might want to read this before patronizing Fandango:
http://consumerist.com/2009/11/88-big-sites-earning-millions-from-webloy...
Any company that dealt with these sleazy scam artists will never get any of my business ever again. Fandango made more than $10 Million from this, and they knew it was a scam, since they were the ones that provided their customers' credit card information to the sleazeballs.
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