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November 06, 2006

Google’s GMail Mobile Email App

Last Thursday, Google announced a new Mobile Java Application based for GMail. This mobile client can be downloaded and installed in a lot of supported handheld devices.

Gmail users can already access their accounts through the browser on their mobile devices, but this application brings users the same great Gmail experience — complete with search, conversation view, and automatic synchronization with the desktop version — with the following new benefits:

* Up to five times faster access and use, thanks to automatic pre-fetching of messages
* Drastically reduced clicks and scrolling to access email
* Fewer keystrokes for reading, composing, or searching mail
* Attachments, including files and photos, viewable and automatically resized to fit the user’s phone

I wanted to blog about it then but I was trying to access gmail.com/app to download the client on my Nokia 3230 but it seems my GPRS settings would not work. I tried downloading the new settings for SmartInternet/SmartGPRS today and was able to successfully install the Java app.

Mobile Gmail

Yes, it’s faster indeed, and the interface is mobile-friendly. I’d usually get a notice to “use network to connect” which is kinda bug me for a while but checking and replying to emails is way easier than before. And, with Smart’s GPRS rate of Php10 per 30 minutes, this beats going to the net cafe to check your GMail.

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40 Responses to “Google’s GMail Mobile Email App”

  1. girish says:

    can some 1 pls tell how 2 send attachments with this app

  2. Quinton says:

    Hi i experience a data connection when i want to open my gmail. It is already downloaded om phone (nokia 6101) please i need feedback

  3. Can only read email, can not send. Nokia 6020. Tried downloading gmail mobile but got message ‘file too large’. W.t.f? How do i get the file onto my phone? Help! Plse copy reply to my email add. Thanks.

  4. When i open my gmail a/c on sony ericsson k300i show their netwok unavailable & requair data connection & visit
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  5. I downlod gmail on my sony ericsson but thir reqair data connection so pls help me

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  7. Pls Help Download games,themes,wallpaper and Email Access send to mobile its working. But thir requir Data Connecttion so pls help.
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  8. Jinish says:

    Hi.. M using nokia 6020 n i need to know which r the browsers that i can download except opera mini.. Please

  9. redjinni says:

    Please help! My gmail says,To need a data connection when i logg in .How do i make it correct?
    When im loging it says untrusted certificate.How do i make it correct?

  10. loai says:

    i need programs for my mobile’7710′

  11. Gumken ori says:

    I download gmail in my W200i but it shows data connection and network unavailable so plz help me out.

  12. HouseMusicAddict says:

    I am a postpaid subscriber with Globe and has been enjoying GMail for mobile for sometime now. The setting I use, which works for most of the apps on my phones, is Globe INet. On getting the app, you have to download it from http://gmail.com/app from your in-built browser. That way, GMail can detect whether your phone is compatible or not. If it is compatible and you were able to download the app but are not able to connect, just go to the nearest Globe business center or call their CS line. One thing I don’t get to enjoy yet is Yahoo! Go, which is not compatible to both my phones.

  13. Kevin says:

    Both Globe and Smart sim cards must be activated for “Internet”. For Globe, make sure your card is activated for “Inet” (prepaid), or “internet” (postpaid). Ring the customer service (211) to activate. Many older sim cards are not activated. You may have gprs/wap, but need “packet date” switched on for true, fast browsing. Gmail app working great on my e61i, which I am using to make this post with.

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