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I am not sure when or how this happened, but it appears that Google Reader has recently been updated to detect the iPhone. Where before visiting http://reader.google.com/ on the iPhone would simply bring up the desktop reader, now it automatically redirects to Google Reader Mobile at http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/.In addition, Google Reader Mobile has now gained the sharing capability previously present only in the desktop version. This is something I have long wished for and it is great to finally have it available at all times.I don’t have a camera (or a second iPhone!) with me to take and post a screenshot, but it does look great. News items fill the screen with no horizontal scrolling. Almost all the features from the desktop version are present, including “See original”, “Add/Remove star”, “Share” and “Keep unread”. At the top of a news item, a header has status icons for both Starred and Shared; and it does fit well within the Safari look and feel. The subscription list has live icons to the right indicating the number of unread items for that particular feed. Finally, the Tags link brings up a similar list of unread items per tag and links to both Starred and Shared items.