iPhone/touch split-view email

[friekunater]

I was watching the MW2007 keynote where SJ introduced the iPhone again, and when he was showing the email feature, he showed a split-view email option.

I have an iPod touch with the January update, using gmail, and there's no option for it.

is it on the iPhone?

is it on my touch, hidden somewhere in the myriad of menus?

is there a way to do it with other email services?


thanks,
friekunater

 

[Nipz]

Um im not sure to be honest!

i use Gmail and others and i havent found a split screen!

Please get a picture of what you are on about

 

[macbookairman]

this is kind of an old thread, but here is a picture of the split screen view that Steve Jobs demoed when introducing the iPhone.

 

[NeoMayhem]

This would be nice, although I am getting by fine without it.

 

[okrelayer]

i was sad to find when i got my iPhone in July that this feature was not on it. i hope they bring it back at some point

 

[kleo]

The screen is just too small for both the email list view and selected email viewer. They made the rite decision leaving this out.

 

[ucfgrad93]

The screen is just too small for both the email list view and selected email viewer. They made the rite decision leaving this out.

I agree.

 

[omniasoft]

Preview Lines Offers a Compromise

I agree it would be too crowded. I watched the SJ demo with the split screen and thought to myself then that it would be a waste of real estate. When I looked on my iPhone I realized the feature wasn't there anymore.

The best bet is to go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and under the Mail section you can modify the Preview option to set how many lines of the message should appear in your inbox view. I've got mine set to 5 (the max) and works nicely.

AG3