January 11, 2008

iGoogle for iPhone

Google created a version of iGoogle optimized for iPhone, that displays all the gadgets and feeds from tab in a single column. To switch to another tab, choose a name from the drop-down displayed at the bottom of the page.

The iPhone interface has a public URL: http://google.com/ig/i, but iPhone users will be automatically redirected to this URL.



The standard mobile version of iGoogle available at http://google.com/m is much more limited: it only displays feeds and a very small number of gadgets, you need to manually add items to your page and you can't change the number of items displayed from a feed. Another limitation is that it only works in the US.


{ via Blogoscoped Forum. The image doesn't show a real iPhone. }
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12 comments:

  1. jon bradfordJanuary 11, 2008 at 7:45 AM

    How do you edit your igoogle for mobiles (not iphone), the link on the igoogle home page never works ...

    http://www.google.com/mobile/ig_promo.html

    jon

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  2. Alex ChituJanuary 11, 2008 at 7:54 AM

    I'm not sure if Google still offers a mobile version of iGoogle. The only place where I can see a similar functionality is the new version of Google Mobile, that only works in the US.

    I'm not in the US, so when I go to the Google homepage on my mobile phone and click on iGoogle, there's an almost empty page that waits for me:
    http://www.google.com/ig/mobile

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  3. jon bradfordJanuary 11, 2008 at 8:03 AM

    I still get the mobile version of igoogle (on my UK Pocket PC), but haven't been able to change it for about 12 months - it only has search and google reader on the page.

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  4. MarkJanuary 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM

    I've had the https version of iGoogle bookmarked for some time. It used to redirect me to http, but only recently it has stayed secure. Has anybody else noticed this?

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  5. Pete716January 11, 2008 at 8:24 AM

    I prefer my old iGoogle page on my iPhone. Is there anyway to get it back?

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  6. noneotherJanuary 11, 2008 at 9:05 AM

    I'm with bflo.. I thought the standard igoogle page was great..

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  7. ChrisJanuary 11, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    I tried it with my Palm Centro, the mobile notebook doesn't show in the main mobile list, but when I tried the ig version, all it does gives the main gadget names with no picture or text. I think iGoogle is best suited for PC and Mac for now I think, maybe in the future it will be good if they can get pictures and videos.

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  8. KeJanuary 12, 2008 at 7:28 AM

    Non US iPhone uses can access Google Moble for iPhone by going to www.google.com/ncr

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM

    I gues iGoogle is ok, its not a huge deal. Google is going to have to do a lot more to make me think they are paying special attention to my iPhone. I'll hold my breadth. They are now in competition with the iPhone, right?

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  10. DeLaJanuary 14, 2008 at 1:33 AM

    The content of what is on the iPhone-version of Gmail Mobile and most other iPhone-adapted mobile pages is the same as on the 'old' pages. The only difference is that it makes use of the bigger screen and the on-screen tapping.

    It keeps striking me how the iPhone succeeds in making people believe that now finally you can read e-mail and surf on the web and play music and keep your agenda on a mobile.

    The wap-version of gmail is since day one one of the best wap-pages ever made. It makes effective use of the small standard mobile screen, which in part is a result of the way gmail is organised.

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  11. jon bradfordJanuary 15, 2008 at 3:04 AM

    Am sure this was coincidence, but within the last 12 hours igoogle on the pocket pc has reappeared at:

    http://www.google.com/xhtml

    Further you can edit the content of the page.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    These so called apps are being to drive me nuts. I just went to Foxnews and msnbc and they have now decided on mobile versions of those websites. I can't even figure out how to get back to the full fidelity website. I wish everyone wouldn't force a dumb down for the iPhone. The browser is real, this ain't a Treo. I know google lets you switch back, but the ones i mentioned above sure don't make it obvious.

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