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Mobile web convergence:

On 12 January, Google announced that they made available a personalized home page accessible on mobile devices with a XHTML-browser.

Google mobile states that this feature allows users access to the following via their mobile phones:

• Preview your latest Gmail messages


• See headlines from top news sources


• Get weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes


• Choose from a variety of popular RSS and Atom feeds.

In short what this service allows, is for users to set up a Google mobile home page using their PC and then accessing it via a mobile phone or PDA to get the latest info.

Google personalized home pages are currently available free of charge to mobile phone users in the United States. It works with any phone that contains an XHTML-capable web browser. Users have to check with their carriers / mobile service provider to check if there are additional charges for web access.

Google personalized home pages differs from Yahoo as there is no download - only requirement is a mobile phone that supports XHTML.

With the uptake of RSS feeds this service will be very popular amongst traveling business people and journalists.

This is surely an interesting development after the Yahoo!Go Mobile launch about a week ago.