GMail Labs: Mail Goggles

The title seems a bit wiered isn’t it – Mail Goggles. I just checked this out of sheer curiosity. Quoting the developer Jon,

Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next morning

As you must have understood, just like the police prevents you from drunken driving, Gmail is trying to prevent you from drunken emailing.

What it does is, ask u to solve a series of mathematical equation just before the mail is sent and after you’ve hit the send button. And this has to be done in under 60 seconds.

Interesting message it shows in case u get the equations wrong,

Water or bed for you

Not sure how much of a help would this feature be. I am a teetotaler. So for sure its of no use to me. And the people who drink and whom I know, are absolutely in no condition to mail when they are high (friends reading this would know what I mean, I have seen a lot of “drama” ).

Good thought though.

G1 – the Google Android Phone

Google recently unveiled its much awaited mobile phone, aptly name G1. The hardware for this phone is provided by HTC and the OS is of course Google own Android. Android is an Open Source

But even so much of hype around G1 does not seem to create many waves. If you look at G1 and look at the competition i.e. iPhone 3G, the latter wins hands down in looks department and the form factor.

Some reports say that the G1 is slightly bulkier, smaller, thicker than iPhone 3G. Also the colors that the phone is available in Black, white and brown are not so exciting.

I guess, in the music playback department it wont be able to compete with the iPhone. Because the iPhone has a far superior audio output. I seriously doubt HTC can match Apple in the music department.

Although I am not a great fan of iPhone either. I consider it an expensive toy at most. With a price tag of INR 30K +, its not a real value for money. But given a choice between G1 and iPhone, it would be iPhone all the way.