Google has released an application that lets iPhone users access, Gmail, Calendar and other applications.

iPhone users can now point their Web browser to Google’s home page, which detects the Apple handset and Safari browser.

Google uses AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), the same technology they used to put their applications on the desktop, for the new application.

This is not the first time Google has tailored its applications for the iPhone. The search provider has already made Maps and YouTube content accessible via the device.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt sits on Apple’s board and executives have made no secret of being enamored of the iPhone, which has been a smash success in the United States since it launched June 29, selling more than 1 million copies by Sept. 10.

Earlier this week the company announced “iPhone” was the most frequently searched word in 2007.

Google has lots of desktop and mobile software, notes PC World, but until Wednesday there wasn’t a specific area for Mac users. This week Google introduced the Google Mac Developer Playground for new open source Mac projects and demos.

The Mac playground opened with six projects online — Stats, GData, MacFUSE, iPhone Disk, Cover Story and Quartz Composer Patches.

Posted by Sam Churchill on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 12:50 pm.