Comments on: Want a Gmail App on the iPhone?

By: Reezy

Reezy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:46:48 +0000

I’ve actually had the thought that maybe Google hasn’t turned on push email for for the iPhone, cause they are working on an App for 3.0 that could run in the background. That seems logical right?

By: frog

frog — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:14:07 +0000

I gave up on google, and went for MobileMe. A seperate app would do nothing to win me back. Fix all the bugs, and then make Gmail push via exchange – and I’ll consider it.

By: john

john — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:44:22 +0000

I would love to see both IMAP Idle push to the builtin Mail app, although I could live with mail pushed by Exchange ActiveSync.

By: Sean peters

Sean peters — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:28:24 +0000

While I’m not onboard with the general push for a unified inbox – I like keeping my mail accounts rigidly separated – I would be annoyed to have to open a seperate APP. Just give me push, please!

By: Jman

Jman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:56:50 +0000

Yeah, if I have a conversation going with somebody during the day, it can reach 50 to 60 e-mails going back and forth. I HAVE to make sure that it is archived before I use the iPhone mail client, otherwise I have a mailbox full of one or two sentence replies that are old news. Keeping conversations together is KEY!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:49:16 +0000

A native app is the only way to take full advantage of all of what gmail has to offer (conversation style, labels, assorted stars, etc…), as well as it’s potential (push, lab fun). It is inevitable. Without it, new gmail using iPhoners can’t be relied on to fully transform into full-fledged gmailers growing to rely on that which makes gmail different. It’s a no-brainer.

By: fassy

fassy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:02:28 +0000

It would be interesting to see if Apple would allow Google to create such an app, since they banned a small developer from releasing MailWrangler from the App Store last summer for being too close to Mail. (According to its author, MailWranger was just a multiple-account wrapper around Safari.)

By: Mile

Mile — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:44:11 +0000

I think a more in depth and configurable native mail app would make much more sense.

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:44:00 +0000

All I really care about from googlr is push ! GIVE ME PUSH GOOGLE ! ( thanks in advance )

By: Mile

Mile — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:42:52 +0000

I can’t see the point of a seperate app at this point. It’s bad enough that the mail accounts aren’t consilidated, just imagine having to open seperate apps for each one.