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Make Your Own Google Cell
July 12th, 2007 by Sean
Google’s mobile offerings have grown significantly in the past year in the form of both Java-based clients and mobile versions of pages.
Most of the apps or mobile sites are Google-built (like Gmail Mobile and Google Maps Mobile), with the exception of a couple of applications from Shozu that let you post to your Blogger account and upload pics to your Picasa Web Album.
If you’re a Google nut on your desktop, why not take advantage of the same apps on the go?
An excellent place to start your online mobile adventures. You can select which modules you’d like in your mobile homepage based on your desktop homepage at google.com/ig/cp
2. Google Maps (and local search) Java client:
A Java client that shows map or satellite view of most of the world using Google Maps. Includes local search, driving directions and for select cities even traffic info. Confirmed to work in US, UK, Europe, and Australia – but it should work for any location that Google Maps supports.
The Google mobile calendar site will let you view your Google calendars in agenda mode. It lets you select which calendars you want to include as well as specific event details and adding new events but lacks the ability to modify or delete events.
Picasa has a mobile version that lets you view your albums. To upload images, Shozu provide an excellent free Java applet that’s available for most Java enabled phones.
5. Gmail mobile:
What’s a smart phone without email? The Java client is excellent – very fast and supports most Gmail functions. The web interface is good but lacks the bells, whistles and speed of the Java client. The POP3 settings lose all your Gmail features (like tags, stars) but work natively with your phone’s email program.
6. Google Reader mobile (RSS Feed Reader):
An optimized mobile UI for Google Reader. You have to set up your feeds in the desktop version but then you can read and filter (by star, tag or feed).
Shows Google News formatted for your phone. Lets you customize which news sections are visible, then you can expand or collapse whole sections at a time.
Newly updated, provides comprehensive mobile search that remembers your location to provide intelligent results for local businesses, movies and weather.
So there you go, eight Google applications for turning your current mobile phone into a “Google Phone”. Enjoy.
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