I'm quite a fan of Google, and I have just had yet another unit of joy from them:

Earlier this year Google put together a new mobile version of their search site called Google LCB.  The L in LCB seems to be Location, but there isn't much of substance around the web on what the acronym really means.  Who cares!  It's the concept that matters.

So why is it good?

As can be seen in some of the screen shots around the web, users get to save a couple of locations in a list, and then drill through various categories of content to find what they want, including a distance estimate.  The key thing is you do this without typing on your keypad!  This makes it very quick to navigate.

I've made it my new home page on my N73!

Other Google services I can't live without on my phone are:

• Google Maps - the S60 app version, although the Maps Mobile Web Site is quite good at a pinch
• The Google Apps for Domains Mail / GMail Mobile Web Site is very good, however the S60 App version only works for GMail not Google Apps for Domains Mail

This is made all the more exciting with the news that the first ever phone using Google Linux-based phone OS - "Android" is about to hit the market.

Now all we need is mobile data plans that are a tad more reasonable on the hip pocket!