It pains me to cover anything iPad-related news right now as I’m having a rough experience with our local FedEx Broke which has been “detaining” my iPad for a couple of days now. But in the spirit of reporting, I have to forget about this issue and cover this Google-iPad related news. So, here we go, Google just announced that its Google Mobile App for iPad is now available for free download from the iPad App Store. If you have previously used Google Mobile App on your iPhone, it’s basically the same app, only this time it was tweak a bit to fit into the iPad interface. The new iPad-friendly Google Mobile App features practically everything that you’ve enjoyed in the app’s iPhone version. The app features several search-related functionality including – search by voice, Google suggest, search history, contact search and vertical search. In addition, the app also recognizes your current location. This useful when you are searching for nearby location while on the move. The app also lets you navigate to Google’s web-based apps including Gmail which incidentally was also optimized for the iPad. Coming up are new features that will take advantage of the iPad’s features. To download Google Mobile App for iPad, check out the iPad App Store. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Brings Google Mobile App to Your
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Google is also iPad-Ready
A few more hours before the iPad starts arriving on those who pre-ordered it for the last two weeks or so, and with the excitement building up, Google has also joined the iPad frenzy. The Google Mobile Blog is reporting that they have done some preparations to optimize Google’s mobile offering for the iPad’s large touchscreen, portability, and rich sensors. These enhancements are more like right-fitting the services for the iPad, and not so much about creating native iPad apps yet. First to receive some iPad-specific enhancements is Gmail. Google is experimenting on a new user interface built in the Gmail for mobile HTML5 web app. Speficifically this interface include a two-pane view listing down the list of conversations on the left and message window to the right. If you’re one of those who ordered the iPad, you can see this two-pane view when you access Gmail.com on the iPad’s Safari browser once you’ve received your iPad. Other mobile services that Google has for the iPad include Google Search in the top right corner of Safari, YouTube, Map apps for iPad which include high-res satellite and street view imagery and access to Google Mobile App with search by voice. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google is also