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When I loaded the mobile version of Gmail on my iPhone this morning (this is the brilliant solution I came up with to solve the problem of crappy Gmail integration…), I noticed it had been restyled to look and work better on the iphone. The inbox is much cleaner, and allows for easier use with the touch screen. The additional commands at the bottom of the page are also easier to get at without mis-clicking, and the message text is now separated from the header block by a slightly different background color.

These are small changes and probably involved only minor style sheet updates, but it makes the app so much more friendly. Good job, Goog!

Updated: Goog also released a nice style update to the mobile calendar. Details here.

I wish that my iPhone would do something special when it was around another iPhone. Whatsup, Bonjour? It could share playlists, or suggest playlists, or exchange contact information, or trade links or it could just do something simple and pleasant.

Like, it could coo. That would be nice. Coo and vibrate a little bit. And the first time it happened, you’d be like, whoa, what’s going on? My phone is cooing. And then someone across the room would do the same thing. And then everyone would want one.