(2005-09-07) Gillmor Google Ios

Steve Gillmor on Google's IOS moves. What, you say, no Word Processor (MsOffice)? Well, I could have her download OpenOffice, but for now I just have her write in GMail and use its spellcheck, then paste into whatever blog app I set her up with, probably FlickR so she can mix in images. So far I'm resisting Google Desktop due to its lack of a Mac counterpart, but its notes engine is very promising. Then there's WebClips, which lets us flow RSS feeds into the store. Add it up, it's read/write with a bootstrapped Off-Line model while we wait for EV-DO. Game over.

Robert Scoble disagrees and thinks Yahoo is making more interesting moves (FlickR, Mobile-s, and maps - Location Based Service-s).