Google Local, which provides maps, driving directions, and telephone numbers within the U.S., is now available to Java-enabled mobile phones, such as those from Cingular, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.

Google Local for Mobile launched quietly on Sunday with a posting to the Google Blog, complete with a theme song (MP3). Not coincidentally, the song tells you how to download Google Local for Mobile to your phone.

Browse Google dot com slash g-l-m on your desktop.
Tell us ’bout your phone,
and we’ll show you a link to the file in a blink
and you’re ready to start…

Search Engine Watch has posted a nice review of Google Local for Mobile. I’d do one myself, but my phone isn’t compatible with the service. Once I have a compatible phone, I’ll let you know what I think.