In this feature article on location based search services and software (also known as searching the world around you) Steve gives a round up, with real world examples, of the current state of the market. With options from Nokia, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Yell he asks what software or service options performs best? Read on to find out.

If ever there was an area of mobile software in which the goalposts were always moving then it's location based search. This is 2008 and improvements in smartphone technology, web services, GPS penetration and cell-tower location are all combining to make this a very active scene.

Read on in the full article.