I love Google mobile. I really do! The google mobile page has become my homepage on my phone. That said there are a few simple nagging things they really need to fix. It would push them from good to great.
- I want to access maps directly from my Gmail account. I love Google Maps on my mobile and I love Gmail on my mobile, can’t these two great tastes get together?
- While we’re at it why the hell can’t send a map to my Google mobile profile? I can’t count the number of times I find something online, get the directions, then have to repeat the whole search on my phone if I want directions on the go.
- Remember that little feature where you added a link to Google maps on web pages everyone hated? We need that on mobile phones. Seriously if I am browsing on a PC I think its intrusive but if I am accessing on a mobile device it implies I am you know… “mobile”.
- Refresh, Refresh, Refresh…. some pages are more dynamic than others and need to be refreshed more often. I have found that this is a relatively minor problem but annoying when it happens.
- When a site is mobile ready sometimes the Google proxy breaks it. Allowing me an easy way to switch to a direct connection of the site could fix that. It might also fix the refresh problem.
If I have to pick one for them to fix though its got to be number one. I chat a lot via email on my phone since its cheaper than SMS, portable, and maintains state between platforms. Getting access to the maps from my email would make it so much faster for me to find my way around for meetings.
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| Filed under: Web Technologies — Scott @ January 31, 2008 11:07 am |
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Your point 5, I used to have it but called my provider (T-Mobile Netherlands) and I changed some settings not using there cache anymore. Now, no problems reported so far!