Something that tunnels SMS/MMS through chat and email in such a way that end-users can't tell the difference but their monthly bills are magically lower because they're no longer paying for SMS/MMS on top of their flat-rate data plans
Latitude will grow to become more Jaiku-like quite soon. I'm really excited about it. APIs will be a part of it though there's some wrangling about priorities and ownership.
Thanks for the feedback everyone, good stuff! @agaton like @gvan mentioned Google Reader for mobile works pretty well imho, could you be more specific? @UnConeD the thought occurred to me too :) @antimega yup, agreed -- patience, mon ami @mikie 'nuff said ;)
@jyri: well I've seen Greader for iPhone and that app is COOL. But I want a version that works with other phones too. Like for example my Sony ericsson G502 =). The gmail-app is very, very good and something similar would be kick-ass.
Voice, internationally, and seamlessly integrated with GTalk's voice chat, in the same way as @adewale suggests for SMS. (BTW, I heard that Skype was for sale. ;-)
@jyri: I tried Google Reader on my iPod Touch and gave up on it within 10 minutes. It is still a painful experience compared to accessing the 'full' reader from a computer. And don't get me started on how laughable Google Reader is on my Blackberry. Google has some awesome BlackBerry apps, like the GMail and Google Maps apps. A proper Google Reader app for the BlackBerry would be huge for me. Viigo has a nice RSS reader for BlackBerries. Go buy them and convert it into a proper Google Reader native client that syncs your read articles back.
Also, do whatever you can to make APIs for Google Maps available to developers. Don't just let them jump to an address -- give them routing APIs, geotagging APIs, etc. Let them display their own stuff on your mobile map application. Think outside the box on what people might be able to do with a rich set of mapping APIs.
+1 on the suggestion for SMS/MMS through email/chat. If you will, being able to use SMS/MMS as a secondary channel for email/chat so that presence becomes more ubiquious across mobile/stationary devices and contexts.
29 comments so far
Jaiku!
8 months, 1 week ago by termie
What @termie said. :D
8 months, 1 week ago by sachaqs
Presence.
8 months, 1 week ago by kalstrom
ya seriously, jaiku
8 months, 1 week ago by ariane
Jaiku. I'd say Latitude on iPhone, but I'm kinda unimpressed with it and hope Foursquare does Vancouver.
Talk would be great as well, but I know once iPhone OS 3 with push notification comes out, we'll get a load of good IM clients.
8 months, 1 week ago by gvan
Latitude! (Is a great concept!)
8 months, 1 week ago by nerdlr
btw jyri, the physical impossibility of your background image is disturbing
8 months, 1 week ago by UnConeD
Google Reader, of course.
8 months, 1 week ago by agaton
Something that tunnels SMS/MMS through chat and email in such a way that end-users can't tell the difference but their monthly bills are magically lower because they're no longer paying for SMS/MMS on top of their flat-rate data plans
8 months, 1 week ago by adewale
The Google Reader iPhone web interface is pretty solid, it think.
8 months, 1 week ago by gvan
What @termie and @sachaqs said
8 months, 1 week ago by FyreFiend
Well I'd love to see an S60 app for calendar but I don't think that's the question you're asking?
8 months, 1 week ago by alexleonard
API for Latitude. + API > FireEagle for the impossible cherry on top :)
8 months, 1 week ago by antimega
Latitude will grow to become more Jaiku-like quite soon. I'm really excited about it. APIs will be a part of it though there's some wrangling about priorities and ownership.
8 months, 1 week ago by mikie
Latitude should also consider being more Dodgeball like :P
8 months, 1 week ago by gvan
Latitude
8 months, 1 week ago by arjun
I second @agaton - reader w. possibility to forward links to talk/contacts would be awsome
8 months, 1 week ago by Tuija
Thanks for the feedback everyone, good stuff! @agaton like @gvan mentioned Google Reader for mobile works pretty well imho, could you be more specific? @UnConeD the thought occurred to me too :) @antimega yup, agreed -- patience, mon ami @mikie 'nuff said ;)
8 months, 1 week ago by jyri
@jyri: well I've seen Greader for iPhone and that app is COOL. But I want a version that works with other phones too. Like for example my Sony ericsson G502 =). The gmail-app is very, very good and something similar would be kick-ass.
8 months, 1 week ago by agaton
I believe I would choose Google Talk.
8 months, 1 week ago by MAMK
something more like the old Jaiku mobile/S60 app (but with the abiltiy to use WiFi as well as data!)
For me, the important things were; Very low data consumption, presence, location (via Cell tower, so not supper accurate ;)
8 months, 1 week ago by ymb
Voice, internationally, and seamlessly integrated with GTalk's voice chat, in the same way as @adewale suggests for SMS. (BTW, I heard that Skype was for sale. ;-)
8 months, 1 week ago by rsellberg
QR code graphics like this: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=350x350&chl=MECARD%3AN%3AAde(wale)%3BORG%3AOshineye%3BURL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.oshineye.com%3BEMAIL%3Aadewale%40gmail.com%3BNOTE%3APhotographer+%3A+Software+Craftsman%3B%3B on pages like this: http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/105037104815911535953 so that it's easy to share your contact details with other people.
8 months, 1 week ago by adewale
@jyri: I tried Google Reader on my iPod Touch and gave up on it within 10 minutes. It is still a painful experience compared to accessing the 'full' reader from a computer. And don't get me started on how laughable Google Reader is on my Blackberry. Google has some awesome BlackBerry apps, like the GMail and Google Maps apps. A proper Google Reader app for the BlackBerry would be huge for me. Viigo has a nice RSS reader for BlackBerries. Go buy them and convert it into a proper Google Reader native client that syncs your read articles back.
Also, do whatever you can to make APIs for Google Maps available to developers. Don't just let them jump to an address -- give them routing APIs, geotagging APIs, etc. Let them display their own stuff on your mobile map application. Think outside the box on what people might be able to do with a rich set of mapping APIs.
8 months, 1 week ago by CAW
Here here!
8 months, 1 week ago by alexleonard
To all mobile apps on S60 at least: allow opening links in Opera instead of the default browser.
8 months, 1 week ago by gatestone
@gatestone I couldn't agree more, though not really the thrust of this discussion ;)
8 months, 1 week ago by alexleonard
Calendar please - it would put Google Calendar from being the best on the web, to being far and away the best!
8 months, 1 week ago by tedd
+1 on the suggestion for SMS/MMS through email/chat. If you will, being able to use SMS/MMS as a secondary channel for email/chat so that presence becomes more ubiquious across mobile/stationary devices and contexts.
8 months ago by arjw