13th December - In a not very surprising announcement today, we learned that Google has taken another step forward in keeping iPhone users happy. Last week they rolled out an iPhone-compatible search page as well as easy access to major tools like Gmail, Calendar, and Reader from the homepage, but the big addition today was Picasa.

Picasa is Google’s online photo service so the tie-in to the iPhone’s big display is obvious. The iPhone already has its own photo album, but using Picasa’s mobile version members will be able to access their web albums as well. The redesign includes a new user interface that is optimized for the iPhone. There is also a slideshow view if you want to check out a series of images and a community search tool if you are looking for a picture of something.

Here are some screenshots we just took:

image view

gallery view

Picasa community view