If you search for a product on Google on your iPhone, Android or Palm — with your location enabled — you’ll start seeing a link to determine if the product is in stock at a nearby store
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Pretty cool concept, assuming Google can attract enough retailers to participate. So far, Google has Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn and West Elm, and it’s actively recruiting more. More details here on Google’s mobile blog (http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-stock-nearby-look-for-blue-dots.html (http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-stock-nearby-look-for-blue-dots.html)).