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Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison

Lifehacker offers up an excellent comparison of Microsoft Outlook (traditional desktop email application) and Gmail (cloud computing Web-based email service): Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-20-2008
Hello, Android

Obviously with all the iPhone 3G hoopla from last week, there's been a lot of Apple, Apple, Apple here and elsewhere. But the iPhone isn't the only viable smart phone platform in town (though I'd argue it's still the best one and, oddly enough, already the most mature). I'm also interested...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Google Talk for iPhone

The Google Talk blog has news of a Web-based Google Talk client for the iPhone: Attention iPhone owners! You can now chat with all your Google Talk buddies while on the go. Our new version of Google Talk is designed specifically for the iPhone and runs in the iPhone's browser, so you don't need...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-03-2008
Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud

Here's the entire 90-minute keynote address from last week's Google I/O show: YouTube: Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud Why is this interesting? There's all kinds of goodness in there, including the already-famous Android UI demo. Check it out.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
Welcome to the Weekend Web

Business Week : When they use their mobile phones to go online, Americans flock to different sites than when they surf from their computers. Meet the mobile Web. Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless devices—and using a different set of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-29-2008
Smart phone numbers

In an article about Microsoft's smart phone hopes and dreams, some interesting numbers are revealed: Around 118 million smartphones were sold last year, according to market researcher Canalys. Symbian captured 67 percent of the OS market. Microsoft came in second at 13 percent. RIM [in third place...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-13-2008
Google releases the Android SDK

Funny for a company to ship a new mobile phone SDK before releasing the phone, instead of announcing one months after the device hits stores and generates thousands of complaints about its lack of third party expansion. Hey, different companies do things differently, I guess. The Android platform is...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-13-2007
WSJ: Expect Google Phone announcement within in two weeks

The Wall Street Journal reports that the long-rumored Google Phone is happening: Google Inc. is close to unveiling its long-planned strategy to shake up the wireless market, people familiar with the matter say. The Web giant's ambitious goal: to make applications and services as accessible on cellphones...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-29-2007
Updated Gmail for mobile application

Gmail Blog : We just released a new version with some updates that you can get by pointing your phone's browser to http://gmail.com/app. The new version works on most phones that are Java ME enabled. For BlackBerry devices, you can continue to download the previous version from the same site. The...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-19-2007
What gPhone?

Miguel Heft of The New York Times has some interesting info about Google's so-called gPhone: Google is not building a phone. The company is building a mobile phone operating system, as well as what technologists call a “reference platform,” a set of specifications for how hardware makers would build...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-08-2007

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