Nokia is planning to introduce a rather remarkable new search service. Called Point and Find, this service allows mobile users to use the camera on their phone to bring up real-time information of the object they are looking at.
According to the Nokia Conversations-blog, Point & Find is currently still in closed beta. However, sources at Noknok.tv say this new service will be introduced within several months in the USA and UK.
The main idea behind the service is rather straightforward: use the camera on your mobile phone to pick the object you want to know more about. The camera recognizes the object and, combined with GPS data, searches the Internet to provide you with information. Current phone models (like the N95) are said to be compatible with the service without needing any hardware upgrades.
Movie posters will probably be the first objects that will deliver many results using Point & Find, although one can argue that just entering the movie title at Google on your mobile Internet browser will get the information faster.
