Google announced an interesting tidbit on Tuesday. Basically they have revamped the My Contacts feature that they added a few weeks ago and .http://budurl.com/8tgg

we’re moving previously auto-added contacts back into Suggested Contacts. Only contacts that you’ve edited, imported or added to a group will remain in My Contacts. This will provide everyone with a clean slate and, we hope, a better point for syncing contacts with mobile devices (for example with Android).

A few observations:

It is fantastic that Apple has a competitor developing a competing Operating System. Having a choice will compel both platforms further and faster. Apple thrives with competition.

Apple and Google have wrestled control of the software on a mobile device away from the network providers and the cell phone manufacturers. The phone as a useful device has languished.

Taking control over how the phone works will accelerate the transition to an all IP environment for mobile and voice data.

It’s interesting that Google left the difficulty with merging contact data from many places deliberately until Android emerged. At least this way, those that are moving to the new phone wouldn’t be dependant on any iPhone based solution that accomplished this kung fu contact mastery. As an aside, I’ve been going crazy trying to figure out the best way to bring several databases, mailing lists, & other CRM related files together under one roof. There IS NO perfect solution. Achilles Heel in the Google Apps office suite of networked web-based applications. Did Google waffle on this decision until Android came out?