Google Apps for Domains is an incredibly powerful and free set of tools that lets you set up Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Spreadsheets, and many other Google Apps for your own website. Sure, you could open a separate email account for your website mail, but why not harness the power of Gmail for all your email needs? Not a plug. Well maybe. For example, I have robert@robertdyson.com set up so I can use the Gmail interface to do all my emailing. Look out for a post reviewing Gmail and Google Calendar soon. In the meantime, they rule.

Jon Udell at InfoWorld has written up instructions on how to create a bookmarklet to check your local library’s inventory for a book you look up on Amazon. It’s a little tricky, but John has a video tutorial on how to do it.

I managed to create one for my local library here in Atlanta, since there wasn’t one predefined. You can drag this link to your bookmark toolbar (see Jon’s videos on how to do this if you get stuck). Also, here’s a great tutorial at Don’t Try This At Home.

Google has added Mapplets, extra data layers, to Google Maps.  Once at Google Maps, click on “My Maps”, then select one of the “Featured content” options, or click “Add Content” to get a list of all available content.

A few I thought were interesting:

• Gas Buddy
• Flickr Photo Mapplet
• Famous Photos
• Google Real Estate Search
• Movie Showtimes
• JamBase Concerts

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Frucall (www.frucall.com) is a free service that lets you comparison shop by calling a toll-free number (1 888 DO FRUCALL, try it!) and entering a product’s barcode. You are then given the lowest prices online, at which point you can bookmark a particular price and vendor if you have a Frucall login, and access the information later when you get home, or get connected to the vendor right there and then. You can still use the service if you don’t register, though.

Frucall recently added Frucall Text and Frucall mWeb which…well, you can guess what they do. I’ve used this service several times and find it particularly useful when I’m out at a store wondering whether I’ve found a good deal. More often than not Frucall will find a lower price online. They’ll even give you an estimated total including shipping and handling if you provide a zip code.

Because I’m sure you’ve never heard of it. I got one, and it’s sweet. But it might not be for you, just yet. There are plenty of reviews, (including a fantastic in-depth review over at Ars Technica) so I’ll give you my pros and cons so far.Pros

• The screen is fantastic
• The interface is really something…the level of detail is there
• Net access is very fast on wifi, not too bad on EDGE
• Cover Flow in iPod mode is awesome
• Video quality is excellent…I would consider watching a movie on a plane or on a road trip

Cons (who knows if some of these will be remedied with software updates in the future?)

• sync via Bluetooth, only using included sync cable or other ipod cable
• Can’t buy things on iTunes…have to buy using your comp then sync
• 8 gb (or 4!) fills up quick…I had to be pretty selective about what I put on there in terms of music
• Google Maps program doesn’t know where you are…no GPS built in
• Have to buy $20 unlimited data plan…and stuck with evil AT&T (although i’ve been with them for 4 yrs with no issues…)
• Doesn’t interface with computer much yet…with my old phone I had a program (BluePhone Elite) that displayed caller ID alerts on screen and allowed me to send and read text messages on screen

What do you think? Has anyone else been disturbed enough to buy a $600 phone?