Comments on: What Should Google Mobile Do Next?

By: rick

rick — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:32:39 +0000

It’s just a matter of time before Google adds contact sync!!!! Add Yahoo! Go, to your list of applications and it will sync your contact, calendar, email upload pictures all OTA. I’m not a fan of Yahoo until now because this app Rocks and is very smooth. Lastly, T-Mobile users unable to use unsigned app? I’m with T-Mobile and run them all the time on my pearl 8100 unsigned. You have to fork out $19.99 per month for t-mobile bis, which put you on blackberry servers.

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By: rowanrook

rowanrook — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:00:37 +0000

I am guessing that when an Android phone comes out, it will address most of these issues. After all, why would Google make other phone OS’s work better with their services when they can roll their own. It’s not Goog that needs to get the proverbial finger out: it’s carriers and phone manufacturers with their kludgy designs and walled gardens. That said, I echo the votes for contact sync. And oververall tighter integration of services. It’s ridiculous to have to sign in more than once.

By: HeavyLight

HeavyLight — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:01:07 +0000

Has anybody noticed how many Symbian users there are outside of the US?
– The numbers make Crackberry and iPhone usage look plain silly.

If Google don’t pull their proverbial finger out and release Symbian apps for Gmail, Gcal (or GSync) and GTalk, current users will head to the growing “independent” producers.

And why does GMail IMAP still take soooooo long to get any data from the servers?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:36:59 +0000

As others have said, contact syncing is the BIG one that’s missing. Notebook would be nice, too. I mean, Yahoo can do it, so really, Google is playing catch-up here.

…then again, Yahoo’s calendar and notes interface are just plain yucky.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:32:30 +0000

Make it work with more carriers. Since Google won’t sign the Gmail app and t-Mobile won’t allow an unsigned app to run, I’m screwed. Yes, I want contact syncing etc… but I can’t really care about that until I can use it in the first place. Signing an app seems so basic that it’s frustrating I *still* cannot even run Gmail on my T-Mobile phone. Even if this is partially a T-Mobile issue, I’d like to see Google work with them to resolve the issue.

By: AlexC

AlexC — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:19:22 +0000

Ditto on the contact sync.

It would really be nice if Google Calendar offered CalDAV support, in place of the one-way iCal/XML support. It would help in a big way to remove businesses’ reliance on MS Exchange Servers.

Having a 3rd party app on the iPhone to sync its useless calendar would be nice too.

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:20:29 +0000

As others have said, Google would make a lot of us very happy if it were to develop a mobile app to sync mobile phone calendars with Google Calendar. Most desktop apps that support iCal (which rules out Outlook) can probably already do this but there’s not much available for smartphones.

By: BrilliantExpos

BrilliantExpos — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:47:50 +0000

How about syncing to my Nokia Symbian device? Also syncing with Mail.app for Macs.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:24:24 +0000

Sync-ML capabilities would be great for calendar, tasks, contacts, etc.

Plus I would love to be able to manage tasks on my phone for when I don’t have computer access. Let me enter my to-do’s/grocery store items on a Google website through my computer and then through sync-ML, have it sync with my phone’s integrated task functionality to reference when I am out and about.

By: Devin Reams

Devin Reams — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:08:43 +0000

I’ve always thought Google needs to work on a to-do list solution. Synchronizing it to my Blackberry would be brilliant.

By: Jason Berberich

Jason Berberich — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:36:49 +0000

Like MSfromtheOC and Stephen, contact sync is the biggest and most obvious gap to fill.

I’d also like to see a real Google Reader app instead of relying on the mobile browser version. It’s a pain to use with my Pearl, since you can’t navigate the screen by using numeric keypad. With a standalone app, maybe they could stream the feeds continuously to the screen while making it easier to read full length posts.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:52:21 +0000

They should fix their existing offerings before they introduce new ones. Make Gmail IMAP work with WM devices. Fix Maps’ Find My Location for devices that don’t report tower information the way Google likes (i.e. Blackjack, Q). Create a signed Gmail app so AT&T users can install it, or release a WM version the way they did for Maps. Fix the Mobile Reader page so it doesn’t make Pocket IE crash when marking all items as read. Google is great if you have an iPhone and maddeningly frustrating if you don’t.

By: Gerrit

Gerrit — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:49:26 +0000

The first thing they should do is fix it so that Google Aps users can use Mobile without a Blackberry. I know that there anren’t many of us left without them, but still, it would be nice….

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:16:59 +0000

I would like to see Google sync the contact list and task from my device.