Google Offers Personal Home Page for Mobile Phones

Web search leader Google Inc. on Thursday said it was now offering U.S. mobile phone users a personalized version of the Google home page tailored to work on most recently introduced mobile phones.

The Google Personalized Home page for mobile phones will allow consumers to conduct Web searches and check Gmail e-mail, news headlines, local weather reports or a list of stock prices — all from one central page on their phones.

Customers who have not signed up for a personalized home page yet must first visit http://www.google.com/ig on their computers before they can use the mobile phone service.

Reuters - Google offers personal home page for mobile phones

Bloggers were excited by the new service, noting that it’s aim seems clear–to make the company as dominant in mobile venues as it is on the desktop. The only criticism–why didn’t Google come out with all this news at the Consumer Electronics Show?

CNet - Google gets more mobile