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Besides eating a bit more than our share of Chistmas cookies this season, the Freshly Mobile elves have been hard at work with tweaks to the site and preparing for the new year.
One of the updates includes optimized versions of Freshly Mobile for the the iPhone and iPod Touch. To view the mobile versions, simply point your iPhone/Touch to the www.freshlymobile.com page.
Lest our Windows Mobile or Blackberry friends feel left out, we also have a beta version of sites optimized for you as well. We are still testing and tweaking those pages so let us know what works or doesn’t work for you.
A week from today David will be heading to Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), for which I am extremely jealous. Look for his coverage over the next couple of weeks. For all of you lucky readers who are also able to attend, please feel free to post your experiences and share your insights.
The following week I’ll be covering MacWorld and am looking forward to reporting back. This will be my first time covering the conference and I’d love to hear all of your “must see” suggestions.
Better iPhone support means being able to post from our mobile platforms as well. This, and other posts come directly from the iPhone as well. Look for more “express posts” as we post on the run.
Google’s Mobility Gaggle - Part 2
Only a couple of days ago I was talking about the rapid pace of mobile development at Google. No sooner do I turn my back and start to move on to other topics, when the Big G is at it again.
Google on the iPhone
If you use GMail or Google Calendar on your iPhone, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the significant improvements these applications have seen over the past few weeks. Well today Google has released an updated iPhone home screen that integrates four popular Google Mobile apps into a clean, easy to navigate interface. Simply visit www.google.com on your iphone to see what I mean.
For those who are busy using their iPhone to play Bejeweled (15 minutes of playing Bejeweled later), I’ve attached some screen shots from the official Google Mobile Blog.
Notice at the top of the page there is easy access to the primary Google Mobile applications: Search (aka Home), Gmail, Calendar and Reader. There is also a More button that takes you to the standard Google Mobile page to access the rest of the Google Mobile Gaggle.
Google’s Gaggle of Mobility Apps
It is no secret that Google is betting big on the mobile space. What started as a timid foot in the water has quickly turned into the technical equivalent of a double gainer off the high dive. Take a stroll over to Google Mobile and you will find mobile enhanced versions of a dozen Google offerings.
While the applications themselves are good (some are very good), the truly interesting part is what these applications and other Google moves represent.
On the conservative side, they represent a smart and serious investment by Google in the future of mobility. They are already the 800 8,000 lb gorilla in the PC based Internet space. It only makes sense for Google to start moving their products to a market that dwarfs the PC, the mobile phone market. On the other side you could read into the wild rumors that Google is going to build and operate their own cellular network and drive the traditional players out of business.
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About Me
David Morton (mortonmanor)
Director, Mobile Strategies
University of Washington
We are on the cusp of making great strides towards the promise of mobility. This isn't a site about me, but rather I wanted a place where people can come to learn and talk about how the promise is being realized.
contact me: mortonmanor at freshlymobile dot com
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