Our Verdict
The arriver of Google Wave created quite a hustle last year when the lookup giant first took the wrap off its quislingism and communications tool . fundamentally a mash - up of e - mail , instantaneous messaging , societal networking , and existent - time coaction , Wave has been gasconade in some corners as the dear thing since the invention of e - mail , while others have declared that it ’s not quite ready for prime time . ( Find out more in this overview of Google Wave . )
beguile a Wave : you’re able to get at the Google Wave collaboration service via the Web web browser app on your iPhone . But Waveboard offers another way to utilise the service — and it have push apprisal .
With all the ballyhoo surrounding Wave , the arrival of an iPhone take on Google ’s collaboration help was inevitable . And that app has turned out to beWaveboard .
Catch a Wave: You can access the Google Wave collaboration service via the Web browser on your iPhone. But Waveboard offers another way to use the service—and it features push notifications.
Developed byHoltwick.it , Waveboard brings Google Wave to your iPhone or iPod skin senses — assuming , of course of study , that you have a Wave account . The app fundamentally sacrifice you the same interface as theWeb - based version of Waveyou’d pull up in the nomadic browser app of your iPhone , minus the Safari piloting button .
In Google Wave ’s terminiology , a waving is like a live conversation that can contain all sort of appliance , photos , documents , and much more . With Waveboard , you could answer to , search , and start new wave as well as manage your contacts . While the looking of the app is a little cleaner than the mobile Website , I ’m not convinced it ’s really that much better than pulling up Google Wave in Safari just yet .
Waveboard does offer a few feature you wo n’t find if you get to the nomadic rendering of the Wave internet site . you may stimulate your gimmick to leave of your account or to refresh waves . Whenever you tapdance a inter-group communication inside a wave , the integrate internet browser claim you to the Wave site so you do n’t have to leave the app . There ’s also the option to start the vane varlet in Safari if you care .
Waveboard ’s honest feature film , though , has to be push notification support . This feature alone is justification enough for the price tag .
Google Wave itself can be very dull at times and even crash occasionally , particularly the fluid version . That ’s hardly a surprisal — it ’s still a preview , after all . As Wave gets faster and more stable with update , using the overhaul will be a much smoother experience‹in turn , so will using Waveboard .
It may be a small premature to develop an app for a service that ’s not even in beta yet , but I think Waveboard has a lot of promise for the hereafter . For right now though you might want to deliver a buck and just add a Safari bookmark to your home projection screen .
[ Tim Mercer is a technology enthusiast , vivid designer , and blogger , whose web log , digital - artist - toolbox.com , offers liberal imagination to the digital artist and pictorial designer . ]
