Grand Prix - Google Apps for iPhone

I've been playing with Google's newly updated mobile apps on the iPhone - announced today for the start of MacWorld 2008. I'm impressed how quick and responsive Gmail is and what a great job they've done integrating the products together. In a Mobile Tech Today article, Frederick Lane describes the genesis and development of these applications. It's really scary how quickly Google was able to do this.

The speed with which Grand Prix was developed (just three months from idea to version 2.0) should set off alarm bells up the coast in Redmond, Wash., where Microsoft Relevant Products/Services continues to struggle in its efforts to upgrade and simplify its mobile OS. It seems unlikely that 'Grand Prix' was an accidental choice of name.