Review: Practical Maps (Hands on with Bing Mobile “Mall Maps”)

Although modern mapping systems like Bing and Google provide the obvious street directions, neither of them had really pushed the envelope. They were, for all intents and purposes, just re-creations of Yahoo!’s pioneering work with MapQuest.

But today Microsoft announced a new feature in Bing that brings the power of mapping technology (coupled with mobile location services like GPS and WiFi) to something more practical: navigating the Mall.

We’ve all been stuck wandering around the mall lookin...