I alluded to this yesterday in a post about Google’s iPhone activities, but now it’s official. The company has announced that it’s made new improvements to its suite of web apps for iPhone, just a month after launching iPhone-friendly versions of Search, Gmail, Calendar and Reader.
The improvements include a tweaked user interface to make the applications easier to use on the iPhone’s touch-screen, while Gmail has been given a speed boost, with emails showing up automatically, and an auto-complete feature for your contacts. Calendar now has a one-month view, which I’m guessing works a bit better on the iPhone’s screen.
The coolest new stuff is the launch of iGoogle for the iPhone though, providing an iPhone-friendly version of your customised homepage, complete with weather, stock prices and news feeds. Meanwhile, you can also customise your Google iPhone apps using tabs, making it easier to switch between them.
Now the bad news: it appears to be US-only, as when I try to go to www.google.com on my UK iPhone, it redirects me to the Google.co.uk site, which isn’t iPhone-whizzy. Sort it out Google! Us Brits want access to these cool web apps too…
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