Rumor: Google Apps For The IPhone

Since the next few weeks should get the iPhone hype to a fever pitch, we thought we'd kick things off with this lovely rumor. In an interview with the Seattle Times, AT&T's president of national distribution, Glenn Lurie hinted that some additional Google applications may be headed for the iPhone.

When asked to justify the iPhone's price tag Lurie says:

I think when people get their hands on it and really experience it ??? the touch screen is phenomenal, this touch screen is like nothing you've ever used ??? to experience that, the skepticism, I think, around some of those things will go away.

There are other things ??? you have the widgets, some of the Google applications that are coming — there are just so many things here that the price will not be an issue.

(Emphasis mine)

Of course Lurie could be referring to the Google Maps features that Jobs unveiled at MacWorld, but it's also possible that there's more in the works — Google Apps perhaps? Google Reader? Google Notebook?

Certainly Google Apps optimized for the iPhone would help Apple on the business front, though personally, Steve Ballmer aside, I think the iPhone will do just fine even without the Office suite offerings.

Also note that of course the iPhone sports a stripped down version of Safari so one could always access Google Apps through that, though Safari's Ajax support is often shaky at best.

So what do you think my dear readers, could we see Google Apps for the iPhone? Is that even something users would want?

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