Google bans Street View from iPhone

A new version of Google Maps for mobile phones brings the search giant’s ground-level Street View technology to handsets everywhere… except the iPhone.

It’s a move that’s being seen by some as the first blow in the battle between the iPhone and mobiles running Google Android, such as the HTC Dream.

While any phone running Java, and BlackBerry handsets with colour screens can get in on the act, the iPhone is left lacking.

Google’s download site even displays a message to visitors using an iPhone saying “Sorry, Google Maps does not work on your Apple iPhone.”

Meanwhile, Google has already shown Street View working flawlessly on handsets running its Android operating system. Check out Google’s demonstration of the swanky new Maps features below.