[mcrady]

I launched Google Maps for mobile in 2005. In 2006, Eric Schmidt was worried that Yahoo Go was a killer app. My claim that Google Maps was the real killer app fell on deaf ears. :)

[joshuamorton]

This is a total non sequitor, but huh, your last comment on this account was in 2012. Do you use others, or just only speak when you feel you have something incredibly cool (which this tidbit certainly is!) to add?

[mcrady]

:) Yeah, I'm a super lurker.

[danso]

I consider myself an old tech geek but "Yahoo Go" rings absolutely no bells for me.

What was Google Maps for mobile in 2005? Those were flip phone days for me.

[mcrady]

We launched on j2me flip phones and soon added support for blackberry. The displays were small and most phones didn't have GPS.

[kalleboo]

Google Maps for J2ME was one of the most impressive J2ME apps for sure. It had cell tower location for phones without GPS and even did Street View

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3073/2874464079_0fea1bc0c0_b.j...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2140/2220421483_f4a2ccea8a_b.j...

[mcrady]

And here's info about Yahoo Go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Go

[pbhjpbhj]

FWIW I had a flip-phone with some form of Java based Google Maps IIRC. It had an Opera browser too.

[guelo]

If Schmidt's worry about Yahoo Go led to Google's purchase of Android Inc. around the same time frame then I would say you were both right.

[mcrady]

Android was acquired in 2005. Larry was the driving force behind the acquisition, IIRC.