Google Goes Small
Posted on December 10, 2007 by Chris
Continuing my post from a few days ago, Google has released (albeit quietly) an iPhone interface in a similar vein to the one that has available on Facebook for several months and recently launched by Amazon. It is a bit thin but does allow you to access all the normal search capability as well as Gmail and your Google Calendar.
More evidence that convergence is finally happening in the mobile browser space. Not because the networks are allowing phone manufacturers to standardize on a browser (perish the thought) but rather that content sources are rallying around the screen resolution provided by the iPhone and the full functionality provided by Safari (ok, Flash would be nice but you get my point.
For an interesting list of iPhone competitors (both concept and real), check out the list over at MobileWack. While some are out a bit out there (and a few are pretty cool looking), it does prove the point that the screen size everyone should be targeting with their mobile versions is, not surprisingly, about the size of human hand. Add to that the physical limitations of the human eye to pick out detail (i.e. resolution) and we’ve pretty much got our standard. No industry standards group required.
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