Danny Gorog05 December 2007, 12:16 PM
Google has remodelled all of its major services for the Apple iPhone, following statistics showing the iPhone has overtaken Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile in usage.
The latest evidence that Apple's iPhone is making significant waves in the mobile web is the sudden appearance of a complete suite of Google services designed for the iPhone.
The Google for iPhone homepage (at www.google.com) has all the main Google mobile functionality running across the top header, including Gmail, Calendar, Reader and more, and when you select each product the secondary navigation relates to the chosen section.
So, why is Google developing iPhone specific interfaces? Well, there's the obvious connection between Eric Schmidt being Google's CEO and also a sitting Apple board member.
However, Google would also be seeing Safari Mobile turning up in their stats more often than any other mobile web browser. This won't come as much of a surprise if you saw this report, which reveals that after less than six month of sales, mostly in the US, mobile Safari is closing in on 0.1% of browsers across the Internet' and 'all of the Windows mobile platform devices put together - only managed 66% of iPhones market share, and the 'Apple mobile platform is one out of every thousand pageviews'.
The article also notes that Windows Mobile devices have been on sale for over ten years. Additionally, another article on TechCrunch surfaced today that noted the iPhone was the 'fastest growing search term on Google this year.'
 Google on the iPhone. |
These numbers must fill mobile operators, and specifically the ones who have signed on to the iPhone program with glee. As the telcos get more aggressive on telephone call pricing the next obvious revenue stream will come from data.
When phones like the iPhone become more pervasive, everyone benefits. Telcos do because they'll earn more per customers and customers will because they get the added convenience of actually being able to use their phones to access the Internet.
 Gmail in Mobile Safari |
 Google Calendar on the iPhone |
 Google Reader on the iPhone (I'm addicted!) |
 More Google products |