Google2Go: All of Google's Mobile Services in One App

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 by Dieter Bohn
 
Filed Under: Software; Tags: google

Google2Go

This is slick, TheTechTurf has developed a little app called Google2GO!, which collates a bunch of Google's mobile services into one little app:

  • Google Web/Image Search
  • Google Local Search
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Reader
  • Google Docs
  • Picasa
  • Google News
  • Google Notes

They couldn't help adding Amazon and Wikipedia too. Important to note, I suppose, that the app isn't Google-affiliated. It's still a fairly early version (v 0.275b), which mainly means that it doesn't support portrait mode or WM Standard devices. Or 240x240 devices.

Still, though, sort of a nice companion to Windows Live, innit?

 
 

Comments

I'd be interested to see if their development plans included support for 240x240 devices in the future. Sounds like a sweet app. Does it include Google Maps?
Nope, it looks like it's just a wrapper for Pocket IE with links.. Google Maps is just a standalone (but a great one!)
Not impressed, but it is a beta version after all. It really is a browser with a fancy icon row at the bottom that will link to each of Google's sites.



You must have your screen already on landscape mode, the app will still open but it will be cut off since it only works on landscape mode and does not change the screen orientation automatically.



Also, as of right now, it is useless in any device that does not have a hard keyboard because when you place the cursor in any of the typing fields (username, password, etc.) it will not let the soft keyboard come up. It covers the bottom bar.



It also borrowed the icons from the iPhone for a lot of the shortcuts.



Finally, the app did not close/minimize correctly. While the X and the title bar disappeared, the main screen (browser) still covered my Today screen. Had to kill it with a task manager.

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