Gmail for Mobile Phone
2 Nov
I’ve been using Gmail’s xhtml interface http://m.gmail.com/xhtml to access Gmail on my mobile phone for some time now. These past couple of months however, I keep getting a “Data Server Not Available” error, whenever I try to sign on to Gmail using my mobile phone. Because of that, I’ve given up on checking my Gmail account when I’m on the go.
Today, while reading the latest news on Google News, I came across a press release on Gmail’s new mobile app. I immediately downloaded it to my PEBL from http://gmail.com/app and it worked flawlessly. It’s really simple to install and setup. According to the Gmail Help Center, it’s got:
- Speed. Serious speed.
- The same Gmail functions you know and love, like search and Conversation View.
- The look and feel of Gmail, so you know it’ll be easy to use.
- Automatic synching, so actions taken from your phone are reflected in your Gmail account, too.
I’ll post some screenshots of the Nokia S40 emulator running the Gmail App for Mobile Phone later. Even though the mobile app can run on the emulator, you can’t actually log on to Gmail using it. This is because the emulator doesn’t have the appropriate certificates required for secure communication with Gmail.
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I also had problems on my phone SonyEricsson V800 but I solved it in the end. I can tell you that the app is great and very fast; it has that old Google look. Everything is great but if you have other accounts like Hotmail, or Yahoo mail you will have to install another mail app. I use Movamail http://movamail.com/ for all of my mail accounts including Gmail.