Points of Interest: Just want to see battlefields? Monuments? HISTORY HERE allows you to choose as few or as many categories of historic locations as you'd like to see.
Distance: HISTORY HERE lets users customize their search to return historic locations ranging from zero to 100 miles away from the searched location.
Users will be able to filter and display their results based on a variety of preferences: Upon launching the application, users can either select their current location using the phone's GPS capabilities or type in a specific location of their choosing. HISTORY HERE™ acts like an interactive travel guide for all things history-related. "HISTORY HERE™ is a great example of the kind of rich applications that people will find on Windows Phone Marketplace to get the most out of their phone," he continued. "Windows Phone 7 is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety of quality apps and games that take advantage of the phone's unique features and design," said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft Corp. "By heightening the HISTORY experience with our authentic innovative content on the cutting edge Windows 7 mobile app, we are offering consumers an exciting new way to discover the power of history everywhere they want it." "Teaming up with Microsoft Corp for HISTORY reinforces the HISTORY brand's 360-degree approach of aggressively reaching and connecting with our viewers across all platforms," said Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager History and Lifetime Networks. Each location is supplemented with exclusive video, audio of famous speeches, narratives from key moments in history, written content, pictures and maps to create a dynamic visitor's guide to each location. HISTORY HERE™ currently has information on more than 7,000 locations nationwide and will add thousands more historical points of interest in the coming months.
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