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Google2Go: Unofficial Windows Mobile app for Google services

by Brad Linder Feb 25th 2008


There are a ton of Google services that are optimized for mobile web browsers, including the company's search page, RSS reader, and email client. But Google has yet to release a response to Yahoo! Go, Yahoo!'s mobile version of its web application web suite. So developer Bryan Burkholder decided to put one together all by his lonesome. He calls it Google2Go.

The application works with pretty much every Google mobile service, including:
  • Google web, image, and local search
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Reader
  • Google Docs
  • Picasa
  • Google News
  • Google Notes
There's also support for Amazon, eBay, Weather.com, Wikipedia, and Dictionary.com. Right now Google2Go requires a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device with a touchscreen, but Burkholder plans to add support for other devices soon.

[via Google Blogoscoped]

Tags: google2go, mobile-web, yahoo!-go

Filed under: Internet, E-mail, Mobile Minute

Yahoo! OneConnect: Mobile email, IM, SMS, and social networking

by Brad Linder Feb 12th 2008

OneConnect
The company that brought you Yahoo! Go, a mobile portal for email, maps, stock updates, weather reports, and Flickr searches is now launching Yahoo! oneConnect, a mobile communications portal.

OneConnect is basically a mobile web service that will let you manage e-mail, IM, text messaging, and social networks all in one place. That means you just need to deal with a single contact list. You can quickly find a friend and send them a message in a variety of formats. Or you can view your friends status updates from Facebook or other social networks.

The service uses an open API, which means anyone can create plugins to communicate with services that aren't already supported. This also means you'll be able to communicate with your contacts whether they're using Yahoo! services or not. For example, you can send instant messages to AIM, MSN Messenger, or Google Talk users.

OneConnect also uses location-sensing technology to let you know when you're physically close to other Yahoo! oneConnect users on your contact list.

Yahoo! announced oneConnect today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but it won't be ready for use until Q2 2008.

Tags: oneconnect, yahoo!-go

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