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The swipe right for labels isn't working for me either.

This app was on my phone for about 2 minutes before I deleted it. Complete garbage.
 
What a beautiful app icon. Those Google designers really rival Apple's artistry.

EDIT: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
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It doesn't even add an entry for notifications in settings, meaning it's not even capable of getting notifications.

And yeah, the UI is just a gross webview.

Oh well, I have no qualms with the Mail.app
 
I like the interface colour scheme and the way you can swipe the menu on and off but apart from that it is slow as a turtle and feels clunky. I can't see any advantage over the native Mail app. I will be deleting it now.

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What a beautiful app icon. Those Google designers really rival Apple's artistry.

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rival or copy?
 
Why do people want this? I can do the exact same thing with Gmail's exchange setup.
 
It will probably be in beta until 2017.

rofl, funny cause probably true looking back at their other stuff :p

can't blame google for trying but google should stick to what it does best and do their search engine XD look at all their stuff that has failed for example, google buzz, google+.. the list goes on.

I always use google.com for search and have been using GMail since launch. They are the only two things I think Google should even talk publicly about :p
 
It doesn't even add an entry for notifications in settings, meaning it's not even capable of getting notifications.

And yeah, the UI is just a gross webview.

Oh well, I have no qualms with the Mail.app

Not exactly, it looks like there is an error with the push notifications at the moment, this can either be an app issue or just a server issue.
 
Aside from the obvious bug, I kinda like it for the simple fact that I can (finally) choose if I want to archive something or delete it. I'm keeping the app for now.
 
You guys act surprised that an App from Google has bugs in it.

Obviously you haven't used Google Voice yet.

It's been out for a year or two now, and it STILL CRASHES/HANGS EVERYDAY!

It'll be a long time before I trust Google with my whole operating system.
 
Aside from the obvious bug, I kinda like it for the simple fact that I can (finally) choose if I want to archive something or delete it. I'm keeping the app for now.

you can do that via the mail app too once you set up your google account with it. Honestly I delete and archive each day using the mail app. you just drag it to your All Mail folder or other designated archived folder.
 
Not to mention the blatant rip off of the Facebook app, the slide-in menu from the left, tsk tsk.

Well, to me, the FB slide-in menu is a great innovation that deserves to become ubiquitous.

Some of the best UI elements in iOS come from duplicating someone else's original idea, and we're all better off for it (see "pull to refresh" which I believe came from Tweetie).
 
I was happy to hear about this app.

Till I installed it. Then I realized that "native" meant you were supposed to feel right at home as if you were in Safari.

Deleted it.

I already get push notifications by setting up Gmail as exchange.


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You guys act surprised that an App from Google has bugs in it.

Obviously you haven't used Google Voice yet.

It's been out for a year or two now, and it STILL CRASHES/HANGS EVERYDAY!

It'll be a long time before I trust Google with my whole operating system.

mmhmm. I tried out my friends icecreamsandwich phone yesterday and I thought it was a burden to use as well as a boring experience.
 
Yep, quite a let-down on a number of levels.

I'm sticking with the mail.app for now until they change it from the web view to something a bit nicer and fix the notifications.
 
It's a ****ing webview.

Good lord, I could code this app in a week.

The Android app is basically the same, though. Yes, it's far more polished, and probably caches more data locally, but it's still just a dressed up browser.
 
Well, to me, the FB slide-in menu is a great innovation that deserves to become ubiquitous.

Some of the best UI elements in iOS come from duplicating someone else's original idea, and we're all better off for it (see "pull to refresh" which I believe came from Tweetie).

Google doesn't innervate ever though so they have no right realistically :p

Google is the guy in the suit
Facebook and Apple is the guy in the art smock
 
This app sucks, and I am not not saying that because the notifications don't work. The thing scrolls weird, and is no different than the mobile safari version. the emails are not even modified to fit iphone screen. Common, I can't believe this.
 
Google Sync FTW!

This app is horrible. When replying, the "Send" button is no where to be found unless you scroll all the way up or down. The images don't resize to the screen correctly, so they are big and off the screen to the right. The images I'm talking about are the HTML formatted ones like Apple sends out regarding product/software updates. AppAdvice stated there isn't Push for Gmail prior to this which isn't true. I commented on their article with the following;

"I use Google Sync on my iPhone and receive Push email without problem. So to state, "For one, a Gmail app would finally bring Push Notifications to Google’s service on iOS, something that isn’t possible when using it via Apple’s Mail app." is not entirely accurate. Now with iOS 5 and "View in Lock Screen" and "Show Preview" enabled within Notifications for the Mail app, once I receive the email it shows me a snippet of that email instantaneous."

I suggest using Google Sync with the following Notifications set within iOS 5 (above in my comment to AppAdvice).

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252
 
I haven't downloaded it yet, but the one reason I'd even consider something like this is for enhanced support of the priority inbox system, which I really like. Honestly, I have eight e-mail addresses in my iPhone and 99% of the important traffic comes through my Gmail account.
 
As of now, no where near a replacement for native mail client.

However, this can be useful when searching for old mail as the native e-mail client is just not sufficient even with the "search on server" feature (which doesn't seem to work 100% of the time).
 
Push notifications?

Uhm, I'm probably missing something obvious but...WHERE are the Push notification settings for this new Gmail app? There's no "Gmail" specific area under iOS' Settings > Notifications
 
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