Mike Arrington: When is the last time Google released a product that really changed our lives? For me, it was (and is) their core search engine. I grant that Google Maps pushed the envelope and forced the other big Internet guys to improve their own offerings (but today Microsoft and Yahoo are both significantly better than Google). And I do appreciate the POP access to Gmail (this was the one thing that converted me from hotmail for personal email). Everything since has been, well, somewhat underwhelming.
Hmm, yes. I’d give a bit more importance to Gmail, not so much for POP (I would vastly prefer IMAP) but mostly for SMTP: Between it and the web interface, I am pretty sure I can send email wherever I am, no matter what account I am sending mails from. I am also confident that I can go to a single place when I need to find an old message, whether sent or received by me.
Google Maps is cool too, especially now that they are covering Europe, but I have to admit other services are better when it comes to finding addresses and routes.
As for Spreadsheets, it’s probably the right service for me, since I seldom use Excel and only at the most basic level. What I find very interesting about it is the sharing of spreadsheets online. Much more effective, privacy concerns aside, than sending Excel files around attached to emails.
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