Some of you noticed and asked us about recent changes we made to Gmail for mobile and a few of our other mobile web apps. If you use the web browser to access Gmail, Latitude, Calendar, or Tasks on your Android-powered device or iPhone, you'll see that we freshened up the look of the buttons and toolbars.
Although it's hardly been a secret that the music of Trent Reznor and his band, Nine Inch Nails, isn't appropriate for all age groups, a Nine Inch Nails-themed application for the iPhone was rejected by Apple because it contained potentially offensive content, the Web site Pitchfork.com reported.
With all the attention in the arena of iPhone applications being fixed squarely on Skype for the past few days, it almost escaped my view that Yahoo has finally released their free Yahoo Mobile app, which we reported on in February. The app's release coincides with a revamp of their entire Yahoo Mobile web portal, and is designed to provide a uniform experience across products. The iPhone version has some unique hardware-based features, however, but how does it stack up to Google for iPhone?
Opera Software's big news here at Mobile World Congress was Opera Turbo, a new server-side Web browsing accelerator. But at a sit-down with PCMag.com, Opera CEO Jon Tetzchner talked about Opera's missing pieces: the iPhone, Palm's WebOS, and T-Mobile USA.
Most parents already know that iPhone and iPod touch have become powerful status symbols for many teenagers and children as they spend a good part of their day with the device to search the web, exchange email or text messages. These days, even schools are experimenting with integrating these gadgets into their classrooms and curriculum.