Updated Interface Google Apps On The iPhone

Google released a new updated interface for the iPhone and iPod Touch that lets Google Apps users easily access everything they need in an integrated environment: Google Calendar, Google Docs, Reader as well as Google Apps like Google Notebook, Google News and Blogger.

Google also announced that it is now available in several languages. They also implemented search query suggestions, and email auto complete.

If you have Google Apps for your domain, you can bookmark or set http://www.google.com/m/a/your-domain.com as your default page for quicker access to the information you find the most useful. This specific functionality is new, but the interface you will be using is actually a few months old.

References:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1026

No Mozilla Firefox For iPhone

Mozilla invited a handful of technology bloggers to come down to its office for a roundtable discussion. After long discussions about different things connected with Mozilla Firefox it became clear that no firefox would be available for iPhone.

Mozilla CEO John Lilly and VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer said that Apple’s software requirements for the device are too restrictive, and as such, they will not be making Firefox for iPhone, at least in the near future.

According to John Lilly - "Apple has not written a license which allows Firefox to run on the iPhone."

"Android and iPhone are closed platforms. There are carriers and device manufacturers who are more open with their platform, and we'll do well there - the Nokia N810 internet tablet, for example. People can just take the (Firefox) code and run with it, so there's a lot happening that we don't even see until it shows up... XUL (the language in which Firefox's user interface is written) makes it easy to experiment on mobile devices. That's our main advantage on mobile platforms." - added Mike Schroepfer.

P.S It should be noted that 10th anniversary of Mozilla will be celebrated on Monday.

References:

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/mozilla-execs-o.html

iPhone Gets Closer to MovableType

MovableType users will be able to use iPhone for mobile blogging. Six Apart announced an open-source plug-in for its Movable Type 4.0 blog on Monday.

The iMT plug-in installs an alternate template that is specifically tailored to iPhone's screen. The plug-in works over AT&T Wireless' Edge network and over the Wi-Fi as well.

Tap-based interface and custom integration with built-in iPhone functionality makes the iMT plug-in a perfect choice for MovableType's iPhone equipped users.

So, iPhone users have one more reason to use MovableType and the MovableType users have one more reason to buy iPhone.