iPhone tip - Google gushes on iPhone and iPod touch

Last year at Macworld, Steve Jobs rocked the casbah with the announcement of the iPhone. Speculation is running high this year on what Jobs will announce tomorrow during this year’s Macworld keynote. Personally, we doubt Apple can top the iPhone news, but you never know. Today is the first day of the Macworld conference and Google preempts Apple’s strike with a bomb of it’s own. The complete Goolge web suite gets another makeover today with full optimization for iPhone and iPod touch. The enhancements include customized tabs for easy access to all of Google’s web apps, faster Gmail, and the inclusion of iGoogle, the customizable home page now with gadgets for the iPhone and iPod touch.

It was a mere month ago when we told you that Google quietly updated its mobile apps with a new interface that brought them all together on a single, easy-to-use landing page. This past weekend, Google released a new mobile version of iGoogle. And now today, this new UI refresh that wraps them all together in a sweet interface specifically designed for mobile Safari. On the surface, all this work indicates Google’s profound love for the iPhone and iPod touch, but we suspect ulterior motives because this work also lays down the foundation for Google apps to run on its own upcoming mobile operating system, Android. In any case, unlike Yahoo, Google clearly has validated the significance of the new mobile web experience delivered by mobile Safari. The iPhone has indeed changed the game for the mobile industry.

To access Googles mobile experience, simply point your iPhone or iPod touch to www.google.com.