So we heard Google acquired the Twitter-like service called Jaiku. Jaiku offers a few ways, via your mobile device, to publish a post but it’s the native Symbian (S60) client which I think is what hooks the Nokia peeps.

Let’s pause for a moment and consider that Google picked up GrandCentral earlier this year. One of GC’s big features is Visual Voicemail for web-based clients or mobile devices that have a WAP browser.

Through its acquisition of Jaiku it’s reasonable to think Google will continue (and expand) it’s support of the Symbian platform. If so, turning GC’s Inbox into native S60 would compete head-on with the iPhone’s killer feature: visual voicemail.

However, there is also the issue of getting GC to sync with mobile devices or third-party services like Plaxo or even Google Contacts. Let’s not forget the long-awaited Gphone which should integrate seamlessly into Google’s network of web-based products.

Perhaps the Gphone will mean an end to Google’s Symbian development even before it gets started. Let’s hope not because GC Inbox would rock on my Nokia E61.

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