14 DAY TRIAL // Google on the iPhone is suddenly starting to sound like the best way to access the Internet on your Apple handset. The Mountain View-based company has announced that Google Apps is now available with a streamlined mobile interface. The new UI lets you use apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs, but also Google Reader, Google Notebook, Blogger and Google News right from your iPhone/iPod touch. Google Apps Users can bookmark a single web address and seamlessly switch between applications in no time!
Google speaks of a fast and fluid search with one-tap access to News, image, local, or web results and search query suggestions when you start typing. Google's automatic delivery of Gmail messages eliminates the need to refresh your browser, and sports auto-completion of email addresses when typing. Google on the iPhone also delivers a combined month-and-current-day view of your always-in-sync Google Calendar, and the ability to share pictures with friends and family using Picasa Web Albums.
The search giant has also released a special Google News edition for the iPhone recently, while Google News is now available to iPhone and iPod Touch users in over 30 countries.
"When we launched our new Google interface for the iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco last January, a number of you approached us at our booth and asked when you could use our new interface in your home country. (Yes, San Francisco IS a very cosmopolitan city.) I am happy to say: the time has come. Today we're launching our new integrated Google experience for the iPhone and iPod Touch in 33 new markets and 16 new languages, from Argentina to New Zealand, from Swedish to Chinese," said Ulf Waschbusch, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile team, on Thursday.
To try out the new Google interface, users simply need to point their iPhone or iPod Touch web browser to Google's home page. Also, if you use Google Apps you can now use your domain name on the iPhone as well. If you have Google Apps for your domain, you can bookmark or set: http://www.google.com/m/a/YOURDOMAIN. Be sure to replace "YOURDOMAIN" with your actual domain name.