One of the many things that gets thrown about regarding the “failure” of Google Wave has been the lack of Mobile support. After all, what could be more instant than being able to collaborate no matter where you are? Personally, I love Wave. I use it for a LOT of my projects that require multiple people across a great space. It’s incredibly convenient for me. Probably the most convenient part, though, is that it IS possible to use it on my phone. And what’s more, it’s not even hard to do.
I’m sure anyone who has tried to go to Google Wave on their Android, or any other unsupported browser, is familiar with this screen. Back in the 2.1 days, if you tried to click go ahead the browser would crash and you would be unable to go any further. Fortunately for us, the mobile world is finally growing into the 2.2 shoes, so I felt it was time to share what I discovered back when the Nexus One first got 2.2. It turns out the FroYo browser is, in fact, capable of running Google Wave.
As you can see, I am brought into a mobile formatted Google Wave. Its limited view is similar in ways to Google’s other mobile web products like the recently modified Google Docs. From here I can select any of my waves and continue to work, or I can start a new wave. The character above the Google Wave logo shows us that Google is not quite ready to slap their infamous Beta tag on this product, though I was unable to figure out why.
As you can see here, I am perfectly capable of interacting with any of my waves, and I can interact with the gadgets inside of it, like the flash video that is embedded in the welcome video. The ability to edit a wave remains intact, and there seems to be no real performance decrease when editing anything. Â Although Wave seems to be on its way out as one of Google’s shining products, it’s good to see that the functionality had been built in beforehand, so those of us who do use it can continue to enjoy it!
