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Google's Mobile Team has brought out three new features for mobile handset users of Google's search engine.

The post on the Google blog promises "instant gratification" for users. Sounds good so far. Everyone likes gratification.

And that satisfaction comes from three new options for users of Google's search engine via the mobile phone web browser. The engineers have been working on advanced search features that take advantage of XHTML to deliver more than just keyword search results.

One options lets users search for movie showtimes by movie title. Or, they can enter [movies] or [showtimes] followed by a location to see what's playing nearby. Weather works in a similar fashion, and returns a four-day forecast. Just type in the name of a city, or a zip code, after the word [weather] to get a forecast for a US location.

When Google begins its next stock sale and those 14+ million shares hit the market, the last new feature, stock quotes, will be useful. If Google recognizes the ticker symbol entered (note to Google Mobile Team: you have tested this with GOOG, right?), a delayed quote will be retrieved.

All of these features will return their results atop a search result page, similar to what users see from a typical PC browser search session. Query results beyond those created by the new features appear below the weather forecast, movie showtime, or stock quote retrieved.

David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. Email him here.