Thursday, December 30, 2010

Is iGoogle the way I want to look at the web?

What if you could have all your farvoriate things like mail, facebook, twiter, blogs, photos, news reader in one convenient place and for free? With iGoogle you can. I have been reading about the new Google OS and wondering how much different it would look like from the current iGoogle.

This is free cloud computing. You can log into your workspace from any computer connected to the internet. The main drawback is you can't work off line. Between the email, documents and photos you have over 9 GB of storage. If you would like another 20 GB to share between the three aps, it's five dollars a year! 

"Only stored files (.PDF, .DOC, .JPG, etc.) count towards your storage limit. Google Docs formats don't use up your storage space."

At these prices for secure storage keeping your data in house is expensive by comparison.

Select a plan:
20 GB ($5.00 USD per year)
80 GB ($20.00 USD per year)
200 GB ($50.00 USD per year)
400 GB ($100.00 USD per year)
1 TB ($256.00 USD per year)

Google Docs offers the common file formats.


With a limited number of fonts available. 


This is an advantage not a drawback. These are the common fonts found on most computers. When working on documents that will be shared with others it is best to agree on a limited number of fonts.


Below is a screen shot of my current iGoogle home page.

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