Google Buzz & Google Wave are not good products to compare

Scrolling through my Google Reader it would seem that while Google Buzz is creating a lot of buzz the majority of people seem to think that it is appropriate to compare the two products. I have to question then if those writers have actually even tried to imagine how one could possibly use Wave. It would just seem that they are recycling news and status update feeds and not doing a whole lot of research.

Please allow me to do some comparisons and feel free to let me know how if you think I am on the mark. Let's start with Buzz.

1. Google Buzz is a message update tool that integrates currently with Google Reader and Gmail.
2. You can embed multi-media and and include more than 140 characters of information.
3. you can also, via your Google Contacts, send or share privately messages to a particular group allowing one to better focus their message to a particular target audience or work group.
4. That is it

Now I will briefly highlight some very different functionalities of Google Wave.

1. Wave is a multi-media document with a URL. This can be a really long conversation (and unfortunately often is), but it can actually be any type of real-time collaborative document that can house most any type of media, widget, and includes executable JavaScript and HTML.
2. Contacts can be created much like web-services that interact and have functionality with the wave. This as of yet barely tapped potential is only limited to the creativity of the designer of the contact, or bot.
3. Google Wave is an area where designers can create Gadgets and provide services and tools within a wave that are different than the more general services added to a wave by a bot.
4. Another powerful feature and barely explored feature of Wave is the ability to export the wave or embed it into another website or web application.
5. Last feature that distinguishes Wave from Buzz is collaboration. While I can comment on someone's Buzz, comments are a far cry from being able to see someone type and edit at the same time that you are typing or editing the Wave.

I hope some of this has clarified the major differences between Wave and Buzz. They are quite different. Please feel free to share your thoughts

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