Google in the client software business?
Google’s effort to add new functionality for mobile devices is a natural and killer evolution that shows the web’s migration from destination to service. Today’s announcement of an email client for mobile devices enables highly-functional software as a service. This is a great SOA play. First Google maps, now email. Cool.
However, I must confess, I prefer to use my own client. But I hate POP since I’m always on different computers and devices — give me IMAP and I’m a happy camper.