This might be a little bit of stale news, but I could not resist making a note of it when I noticed it. Two of my favorite apps have graduated out of Beta: Gmail and Tasks.
I have been hooked on Gmail ever since I got an invite, back then when it was an invitation only system. What hooked me to it initially was the enhanced storage, but eventually I got hooked to it unconventional user interface and the powerful search features. I was never an email organizing person anyways. And Gmail suited me just fine. Just let the messages be and search and retrieve when you want them.
Since my dabbling with GTD started I have been looking for that perfect task management system and was glad to find something right inside my Gmail inbox. I know there are plenty of other darn good web based GTD systems, but the fact that this lived right inside Gmail sealed the deal for me. The only thing that I would really like to see with Tasks is the ability to sync it with third party apps. Particularly I would love it if there was an iPhone app that synced with Tasks. That would have made my day as I am not a great fan of web apps on the iPhone.
But since I sync the iPhone calendar with my google caledar, at least those tasks with due dates appear on my iPhone as well. But I would like to see:
- Google publishing an API for Tasks as part of their GData API.
- A native iPhone app that would sync with Tasks.
When Google publishes an API for Tasks I should maybe write the iPhone app and make a few millions!
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