Native Gmail App for iOS Reportedly Set to Launch

[citi]

The one thing I miss (using Gmail on Apple's Mail.app) is the ability to go onto the server to search. If this app has that feature, then I'm sold.

this. I can't tell you how many times I've had to pull of the web version just to do a proper search.

 

[bpaluzzi]

Your right, but not about 1 and 2. You should setup gmail as an exchange account and not via the gmail settings:

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740

Did you not read any of the other responses? You can't do 1 and 2 together. It's one or the other. Exchange doesn't let you delete correctly, "normal" Gmail doesn't give you push.

 

[citi]

I've been using and loving Gmail since the day of 7 invitations per user. But what you've said is not true. Gmail does have a line of ads (no picture) above the inbox.

They even include some SPAM recipes there, in the Spam section, for fun.

Back to the topic, I'd LOVE a Gmail app on my iPhone 4S (will buy it soon)!

You are flat out wrong. The NATIVE app does not have any ads. Take a look at Android, which I did use at one time, and you will see this. We are not talking about the HTML5 browser magic that we currently use but a true app.

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This now works when set up as push Gmail (through Exchange) on iOS 5. It used to not work before.

It still doesn't work all that well. It's better than nothing but it misses a lot more than it hits.

 

[citi]

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Would Be Nice If They Included GCal some how since we can't get ICal and GCal to play nice with iCloud.

why do you need icloud when gmail has CalDev?

 

[AppleDavie]

If there was a step below newbie, you'd be it.

Well to be truthful I didn't honestly know. Forgive me. But its not nice to insult someone for lack of knowledge.

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iCloud comes with a free @me.com address that you can check easily through the mail app and through icloud.com . You have to go into your icloud setting on your device and enable "mail."

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What I'd really love for Google to make is a reader app. The Mail app takes care of Gmail for me. I'd just like a reader app. Please make that happen!

thanks. i didnt know that icloud came with mail.

 

[Menel]

Well to be truthful I didn't honestly know. Forgive me. But its not nice to insult someone for lack of knowledge.

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thanks. i didnt know that icloud came with mail.

woow, and i backed you up in the vein of sarcasm because I couldnt imagine such ignorance,

 

[reltm]

this. I can't tell you how many times I've had to pull of the web version just to do a proper search.

Doesn't iOS Mail.app have the option to "Continue search on server" if it doesn't find what you're looking for in the local messages? Or does that not work well for some reason? I've used it in the past and it seemed to work (though without the nice gmail search modifiers like label: date: from: etc).