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December 5, 2007 11:24 AM PST

Google apps get faster on iPhone

by Elinor Mills

Google integrates apps on iPhone and offers word suggestions when you type.

(Credit: Google)

Google has optimized its applications for the iPhone so they are integrated into a single interface and operate faster.

Now, if you go to Google's home page on your iPhone you'll see the Web search box and links to Gmail, Calendar and Reader up at the top of the screen for quick access.

Google also offers word suggestions as you type to make the query entry faster.

And once you click on links, the pages download faster than before. "When you click it's instantaneous," says Gummi Hafsteinsson, a senior product manager at Google. "Just like on the desktop; there's no difference between the two."

Google plans to optimize its applications for other phones eventually, he said.

Links to Google Maps and YouTube are on the main menu of the iPhone.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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Faster only in 1 out of 10 times
by hparker2 December 5, 2007 2:38 PM PST
9 times out of 10, I'm going to Google to run a search, not view
docs or check google calendar. In all those cases, the code for
all those apps take their sweet time loading (over Edge) and they
won't be getting used at all. I'd rather suffer the wait time only
when I'm actually going to be using Google Apps, not when I
just want to run a quick search.
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Oh yeah... Edge is such a benchmark for performance...
by ryokowerx December 5, 2007 4:55 PM PST
Dude, EVERYTHING runs like that under Edge. Get it on a *real* network and then tell us how it runs.
Nice but not as good as oneSearch
by flickrz December 5, 2007 8:45 PM PST
It looks nice and loads little faster. But, not as good as yahoo oneSearch. I liked oneSearch more than google mobile.
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Multilingual Suggestions
by translationindia December 10, 2007 1:35 AM PST
Are those suggestions also in Multilingual Suggestions like French, German, Spanish, Dutch, etc.

If so, it's very usefull for non-english users.
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