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Google is not only buying more Web 2.0 companies, they are also expanding their platform. We already had Google Maps for mobile phones and now the newest child in the family of Google apps is Gmail as e-mail client application on java-enabled mobile phones. If your phone is on the list, surf with the browser of your phone to http://gmail.com/app and follow the instructions. Mobile phones, which are not being supported can use the special web-interface for mobile devices – http://m.gmail.com.

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Sebastian Krauss has been working on a small remote control utility for iTunes using a Bluetooth connection and a mobile phone. The program is called Harald, which might seem unusual but it makes sense, since it is not only my first name but also the first name of a Danish and Norwegian King – Harald Bluetooth Gormson. Harald is a client/server application. The client is a small (60kb) java application for your mobile phone and will probably run on most phones with java support. I tried it with my Nokia N70 and most of the functions worked fine. Harald requires at least Mac OS 10.4 or higher and a mobile phone which supports MIDP2 as well as JSR82. The current release 0.4 0.4.1. is still very experimental (I had a kernel panic when I tried it out) and not ready for release on sites like Versiontracker and MacUpdate. Sebastian’s web-page is only available in German but the application is works in English, so just click on the Harald download link, unpack the zip file and start the application.

A similar, well known and established program with support for more applications (EyeTV, VLC, Keynote,…), which also runs on Windows, is Salling Clicker.

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Combine an attractive female evangelist with an innovative product and you will have a very interested audience.

At the J-Fall 2006 conference of NL-JUG in Ede (that’s in the Netherlands) Angela M. Caicedo and Simon Ritter from Sun Microsystems presented project Sun SPOT (Sun Small Programmable Object Technology). Those Sun Spots are exciting little devices with I/O, LEDs, wireless communication and sensors, which can be programmed directly in Java.

The development kits should start shipping soon and I can’t wait to get one.

Update 2005-10-18: I just noticed today, that the Google Video has some problems with the audio, which is not in sync. If you want, you can also download the original Quicktime video.

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