Windows Mobile cellphones already run Google Maps, the de facto destination for driving directions, but the popular Street View feature — which lets you get a ground-level, 360-degree photographic view of a certain point on the map — hasn't been available. If you own a phone using Google's own Android system, or even an iPhone since the 2.2 software update, you already have access to this feature.

Windows Mobile is exceedingly popular in Western Europe, though, so now that Google has expanded Street View to include new areas in the region it's updated the Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 versions of Maps to include it, along with interface improvements and walking directions.

Street View helps you get a very clear idea of where you are at any moment. For example, you can use it to navigate an unfamiliar city by looking at the photos to pinpoint landmarks you can see in front of you and determine whether or not you're on the right track.

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