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As an insider, I bet you must have learned that Apple have approved the Google+ app for the iPhone, and posted it to the App Store. This adds the much needed capability for uploading photos, and huddle — which allows you to group message between G+ mobile users just as easy as we transfer music from ipod to computer. If you’re accustomed to the webapp this should be an easy switch as the two are basically the same. What’s more Google will offer a Google+ app for the iPad and iPod Touch "soon," a company product manager said today.

The stream is very similar to the web app. Swipe to left and you can see your incoming stream. Swipe to the right and you can see who is sharing things nearby, which is a great way to meet new people if I might add. Within the stream you can Check-In and Share items, and attach your geo-location if you’d like. The only thing missing within the stream is the ability to re-share items. I’d also like to note that the notifications work a lot better than on the web app.

"Please give us time. We will have support for all those devices soon," said Punit Soni, the lead product manger of Google+ for mobile, on his Google+ stream. Soni was responding to numerous questions -- and some complaints -- from users frustrated that the Google+ app released earlier Monday runs only on the iPhone.

His comment was part of a thread in which Soni urged the earliest adopters to remove Google+ from their iPhone.

Create Your Own Circles

Unlike Google's last big invite-only rollout of a social initiative - Google Wave - users will not be confounded on just what the heck you are supposed to with the service when signing up for the first time. From Friendster, Friendfeed, MySpace and Facebook, users are familiar with how a social platform is theoretically supposed to look. At its core level, Plus is not that much different. Yet, there is so much more. How do you get started with Google Plus? Let's break down the nuts and bolts.

One of the great differentiators between Twitter and Facebook is the "unbalanced" or "balanced" follow. Facebook was initially a two-way follow paradigm - I friend you, you friend me and we see each other's updates. This has been changed with the ability to "like" groups, brands and pages without them following you back. Twitter has always been a one-way follow - I follow you and you do not necessarily have to follow me back.

Moreover, posting a status update in Plus is not like sending a Tweet or updating Facebook. The core functions of an update are present - photos, links, video and location - but when you hit "share" it doesn't automatically post your message to everybody in your circles. You have the option to decide which circles your update is posted to, from individual groups to all circles, to extended circles, or just a single person.

After learning these, are you waiting for a Google Plus invite? Google is rolling out the service in waves and you can expect it to become a ubiquitous social option in the coming months. We have been playing with the service since getting invites yesterday and there are a lot of things to like about Google's new social initiative.

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