At MWC, Vic Gundotra, Google’s VP of engineering, demoed what many might think is heaven sent; offline Gmail (the web app) with, among other things, support for labels. Better yet, the technology doesn’t depend or even require you to jailbreak your iPhone. So, you won’t even have to get Apple’s panties all in a bundle to get it working.

With the imminent release of the 3G iPhone, I thought it may be helpful to provide some suggestions on what to do with your soon-to-be-outdated iPhone. YouTube user willgorman also seems to be having the same thought. In a recently posted video, he demonstrates how to turn an iPhone into a great little robot.

First, the intrepid DIYer wrote a simple program for the Lego NXT Robot using NXJ that enabled the machine to be controlled by certain colors. Then, he wrote a safari web app using the Google Web Toolkit to provide the color changes needed to control the robot. Once all the programing and building was complete, he put the iPhone on the machine and let ‘er rip using another iPhone to control it over WiFi.

Catch the video after the break.

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