Looks like Google is taking mobile devices a little more seriously now that the iPhone has been released. The mobile versions of Google’s services are working better and better. I use the Treo 700w Windows Mobile device as my main cell phone. I’ve set my home page to Google’s mobile product line at http://www.google.com/m/products. I’ve tried every email and rss reader application for my Treo that is available, none of them were that good. Google’s Mobile RSS Reader works great. I imported my OPML and can read all of my favorite feeds from my phone. Google’s mobile version of gMail is awesome too. I don’t even bother using the built in outlook client anymore. A mobile version of YouTube exists for your video viewing pleasure. You can even view your Picasa photo albums on your mobile device. Other options include: personalized mobile start page, maps, blogger, news, calendar, and sms. So if you have an unlimited internet plan, give Google’s new service offerings a try…I’m using them and loving them.

Something that has bugged me for quite some time about my Treo 700w is the lack of good Instant Messaging applications for Windows Mobile.  I’ve tried trial versions of virtually all of the non-free solutions.  None of them really meet up to my standards.  I just want an instant messaging application that is free, runs in the background, has a today screen plugin, and works.  I am surprised that Google has not released such an application for gTalk.  Google has released a Windows Mobile interface for Google Maps, and it works well.  You would think that an IM client would be easier to code than a mapping application!

So if anybody has suggestions on FREE Instant Messaging solutions for Windows Mobile that meet the requirements above, please comment below!

P.S.  I’d also love to see a free application that syncs multiple Google Calendars with Windows Mobile.   That would rock my world.