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Mar 21, 2006
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I was browsing itunes and download apps in hopes of getting the iPhone tomorrow. What exact is the google mobile app? Did anyone try it?
 
Any word on a version for the UK store? Or do we need to go the the web page, then make an icon from that?
 
just got it installed. very simple, clean app for google web/image/news/shopping/WIKIPEDIA (!!!)

edit: oh wait...it has a spotlight type search function as you type. really really nice.
 
i don't understand the purpose of this app... somebody sell me that its better than just having a google web clip on the homepage
 
I dumped it...What a waste....I reloaded the Google Web App and it has search right there. It is a total waste of space on your drive!
 
i don't understand the purpose of this app... somebody sell me that its better than just having a google web clip on the homepage

It searches your contacts and other databases on the phone as well. It is spotlight-like.
 
I hope they add gtalk to it in the future. Right now it's pretty useless.

It has a link to gtalk under more. Native Gtalk will be hard until the iphone allows background applications, or gtalk and the iphone can work together with a push aspect.
 
The program has one main feature that blows the Safari search bar away:
- Search results update as you type. This saves a lot of time and gets you exactly what you are looking for in less clicks.

One concern I had was that it doesn't retain your search once it launches Safari with the results. What it actually does it creates 2 levels of history in the new browser window that can be navigated back to with the "<" button.
First press of back: returns to Google search results within Safari
Second press of back: returns to Google Mobile in same state as it left

There are settings in Under Settings/Google Mobile if you don't want it to search contacts.

It's a quick install. Try it next time you have to search and tell me it isn't quicker than using Safari.
 
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