Product managers, Stephanie and Greg explain many of the features of Google Wave. Learn more at wave.google.com 

Last week a colleague sent a link to the upcoming Google Wave, a developer preview at Google I/O 2009. So, what is Google Wave? and why am I so excited now for the release?

An overview of Google Wave

I want to summarise some of the features in the video in which Google demonstrated Wave to many developers. The summary and view will, of course, be from my viewpoint and from how envision using it.

Everyone’s been talking about it: Google Wave. Google’s super communication tool has been a top trend on Twitter, a focus of media speculation, and was even able to knock Microsoft’s Bing from the top of the news cycle. But almost all the hype has been based on the demos - almost nobody’s actually got to try out Google Wave.

Well, thanks to a few of our friends, we had the opportunity today to try out the alpha version of this groundbreaking new service. From creating waves to joining in on discussions, we put the newest Google sensation through the ringer. Does Google Wave stand up to the hype?