Hey guys, I've seen some screenshots of the G1's gmail app and it looks really nice. On my old nonPPC phone, I used the java gmail app and it was nice to have all of the features within gmail there. Now, I like the autosyncing of my email through IMAP, but I still would prefer a dedicated Gmail app I think.
How hard would it be for someone to somehow port the GMail application from the G1 to our Diamond? I couldn't find much in a search and using a java environment along with the old gmail app doesn't fit the VGA screen at all.
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I'd also be interested in seeing something like this.
me three.. I'd be happy to donate to a developers paypal for a slick gmail app!!
I like the java one gmail has for WM but its sort of a pain to run on WM to much navigation..
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Does anyone else find it a little strange that on a google phone that the standard email app allows you to pinch and zoom in emails, but the gmail app (or the mobile site for that matter) don't?! If I get an email with a large embedded image there seems to be no way to do this.
On a separate note, why has the third swype page with the cursor arrows gone? That was really useful when you're trying to navigate through text?
Nicolopolus said:
Does anyone else find it a little strange that on a google phone that the standard email app allows you to pinch and zoom in emails, but the gmail app (or the mobile site for that matter) don't?! If I get an email with a large embedded image there seems to be no way to do this.
On a separate note, why has the third swype page with the cursor arrows gone? That was really useful when you're trying to navigate through text?
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I agree they never allow gmail application to zoom i don't understand why !
the built in email app is just a stripped down version of k9mail which has more features.. recommend you try it.
May I add that it's frustrating that you cannot copy/paste text from the Gmail app?
It seems to me that some of the stock Google applications like the browser and gmail are left very vanilla - maybe, in the belief that 3rd party apps will fill the gap - maybe, that will be some of what they will be working on for Gingerbread (since they are claiming it will have a focus on user experience).
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the built in email app is just a stripped down version of k9mail which has more features.. recommend you try it.
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Just quick question
Does the K9 Mail app allow for multiple Signatures for the different emails.
Currently the Samsung Email only allows one signature for all accounts which is a step back from my Blackberry.
This multiple-app thing is exactly why the iPhone does so well...
It's not a positive when you've got two programs that do the same thing out of the box.
I realize Google doesn't have much control over this, and even if they improved their stuff that Samsung/ATT/etc would probably put all their crap on it regardless. I'm just saying there's an advantage to the iPhone found here.
I was just wondering why there isn't a native gmail widget? It seems pretty logical that google would develop one. I have evil's sense which comes with a mail widget but it doesn't work very well and there are still two apps which means i get two notifications. If i turn off the gmail notification the mail widget app doesn't push the email very fast where as the gmail does.
Did you try contacting someone at Google and asking them. They would have more of an idea
Fair question, but you're asking the wrong people - all we can do is speculate...
There are a number of 3rd party Widgets though, depending on what you're looking for...
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I've been wondering the same thing. I wish there was a Gmail widget like the mail in Sense. I like some of the features in sense, but don't have much use for most of their widgets.
What widgets do you prefer for Gmail that don't download everything a second time apart from Gmail.
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Well, at least Google have finally decided to untie Gmail with Android by releasing Gmail updates on the market. At least we'll get more Gmail improvements more often.
Has anyone with a Windows Live Account tried hooking thier phone up to Hotmail via ActiveSync to see if they get HTML Email?
This is getting incredibly frustrating. I'm wondering if it comes through in the 2.2 Email Client.
I tried TouchDown for a bit earlier and it gets the Hotmail HTML Mail, but the user interface is terribad and it doesn't seem to Sync stuff until you tell it, even with Push enabled. The Options are a complete and utter mess. The widgets leave much to be desired.
Can anyone comment on TouchDown's battery drain on this phone (I run stock JI6), btw?
There's another Exchange Client on the Market but I'm not paying $25 just to check and see if it works correctly.
Anyways. Can anyone comment on the Exchange support in JK6 (or whatever the new leacked ROM is) or this TouchDown question (battery drain).
Touchdown doesn't drain battery anymore than any other properly coded client does. As long as you're using push, drain will be minimal. I've used touchdown since it came out almost 2 years ago - definitely more efficient (if not as pretty) than the others in the market in my opinion.
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Eh... I've been thinking hard about buying it. I do like the upcoming events Widget it has.
They need to implement swyping to go between screens (Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks) and organize their options.
Also their big widget seems to have much higher touch sensitivity than anything else on my phone
It has performance issues and the develper recommended a lag fix in their Google group, which I find kind of emabrassing considering I have bigger apps on my phone who do not lag as much as this one.
I guess I'll use it for a few days and see if it grows on me... I really want to move all my stuff to hotmail. I can't stand Google Calendar/Contacts/Tasks (mail is fine ).
I could never get my corporate exchange account working until I tried anderdroid's aispish rom. Ever since I've been using that email.apk on other roms successfully.
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The Sync works, there just aren't many clients other than WP7 and iPhone that properly display HTML emails from Hotmail due to the version of ActiveSync protocol Hotmail uses.
Edit: F it, I'll just move everything to Google and detatch my Hotmail account. Maybe that'll help with battery woes, as a side effect...
Does anybody tried to use TouchDown for Tablets in the XOOM ?, does it work OK ?, thanks
http://www.nitrodesk.com/bigscreen.aspx
Best email program out there if you use Exchange. Nothing even comes close. This email program was the nail in my iPad's coffin.
Its pretty good. Way better than the native email app for exchange.
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I use it everyday. Works great.
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I have both RoadSync and Touchdown, and Touchdown is the best, hands down. It looks good and offers better end user configuration such as the ability to delete or not delete a message from the server when deleted on the device AND the option of not marking.the message as read on the server. I have it installed on my Xoom and Incredible. RoadSync is just a little rough around the edges, but it did work on my Xoom as well.
I uninstalled it. Too many crashes while composing and does not support drafts folder. Support said they are working hard to improve stability on Xoom and they were the ones to tell me it doesn't support the drafts folder - when you save message as draft, nothing shows up in drafts folder, although you can get to it with the drafts button displayed when you are composing a new message.
it actully works really well!
While I prefer the looks of the default exchange client it doesn't come close to the functionality of TouchDown. I highly recommend it!
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Tried it...then uninstalled
I have three Exchange accounts, each of which requires a separate Touchdown profile because Touchdown does not support multiple Exchange accounts within a single profile. Accounts in the off-line profiles are not updated. Further, switching between profiles often causes the application to crash.
Customer support is great!
My biggest disappointment was that I cannot see the folder structure of my exchange account. I contacted support and they were very responsive. If anyone is interested here's what I wrote and the reply:
ME:
Dear support,
I downloaded the trial version of TouchDown upon recommendation in a forum. So far I am not really that impressed with the offered features. I was wondering if that is just a matter of updates until this will change:
1. On the main screen it reads "Emails: x (n unread) and
Appointment(s): y. Why can't I get to the emails/calendar when I tap on the summary info?
2. I haven't found a way to browse my exchange folders. I am sure that's a mistake on my behalf but it shouldn't be that hard to figure out!
3. Is there a way to (de)select all emails and delete/move them instead of clicking one after the other?
I understand that this is a new product for tablets but if I were to spend $20 on it I would like to see more features.
Thanks for listening!
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Are you working on a Xoom? Are you saying that you see the email list but when you select and email it doesn't open? Or that you can't get to the Inbox?
You can choose what folders on Exchange to sync by going to settings>advanced>choose folders. Select what email folders you want to sync there. We are not a browser. We sync mail and you read it, forward etc...
There is a menu>more>select all function in the Inbox. You can then choose to delete or move.
Bottom line is that many features seem to be there but might be hidden and not intuitive. Don't think I'll pay $20 since I am fairly happy with the stock client.
The one thing I hate about touchdown is that he hasn't updated the UI since the days of Windows Mobile. It's just plain bad sometimes.
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The one thing I hate about touchdown is that he hasn't updated the UI since the days of Windows Mobile. It's just plain bad sometimes.
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Agreed. The UI is painfully out-of-date. I banished it from my Xoom until they freshen up the design and usability.
I used Touchdown for a long time and it has by far has the most options. Tons O options. It was first to give you emails displayed as HTML instead of just text. The UI does need some refinement especially if using on a tablet (yes I know they have a tablet version now) and it is a hare buggy sometimes.
Since the Xoom I went back to just the stock email app. As it's faster/simpler than Touchdown and prettier. I don't like the fact that you can't tell the stock one to sync more than 30 days worth of emails though. (I have a couple saved folders, that I want it to sync all the saved emails in them). Plus the Stock calendar on the Xoom is much prettier than touchdowns calendar.
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I'm using Touchdown and it works very well. It syncs my email, schedule and contacts. This is one of the apps that convinced me to keep the device.
Another touchdown user here, I'll agree with everyone else in that it's far more functional than the stock exchange client. I can deal with the UI because I go a free license from Moto.
Functional but in serious need of a facelift. Maybe one of our themers from XDA could take on the task.
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I've been using Touchdown since I moved to Android. It has its quirks, but I could never use the stock client since it doesn't support push to folders under the inbox. You have to manually sync those folders.
Coming from BlackBerry, it was the closest I could find to their email functionality (I still miss the email experience from my old 8830). They update pretty often. Buy the license from the market, but download the beta off the website. Just Google "Touchdown beta"
So I'm new having just moved to Android from WM, and have configured all my accounts on the phone (that's 7 email accounts under Accounts), now my problem is simple I see no way to actual see existing messages in the inbox's, when I get a mail it shows up in notifications, but other than the gmail accounts (all 5 of which are available from the gmail app if separately), getting to the yahoo, msn or aol accounts (mostly used of IM, but mail does go to them some times) is just not easy. I really expected more from Android when it comes to email accounts. I've seen programs like Enhanced Email or Pure Messenger in the market place, but before I went and sent money, I thought I'd ask if there was something I'm missing built in or free?
On the same note I'm finding the Widgets that are provided for Google voice, are ugly and others say for email are simply not present at all. All of this is making me miss my HTC Sense interface on WM. However there I'd expect solutions for all of these issue, which is what I'm looking for.
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ERIC
You'll find all your emails in the messaging app
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I know the app you are suggesting, but so far it always says no emails, yet the gmail app shows well over a hundred, so as far as I can tell its not working, also like to crash on me, so I do not think it is a solution.
Thanks,
ERIC
You can try K9-Mail for an e-mail client. Works amazing for me.
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I know the app you are suggesting, but so far it always says no emails, yet the gmail app shows well over a hundred, so as far as I can tell its not working, also like to crash on me, so I do not think it is a solution.
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ERIC
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have you configured the email accounts in their respective sections in MESSAGING app as has already been suggested? the app works fine here, so if you are having problems, factory reset and try again. i dont really understand what the problem is. your question originally was how to access them, then when told how to access them you say it's not working. if its not working, start there and figure out WHY its not working......THAT would be your problem, wouldnt it?
not trying to be hostile or funny here, but if you love HTC Sense, you do know there are plenty of androids running HTC sense right?
or you can wait for a HTC Sense ROM
I have five accounts running with no problem. Try a factory reset like someone else suggested.
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By default its only set to sync the past 3 days of mail. Go into account settings from the messaging app and bump it up to 30 days. 30 days is the max which is a bummer. On my past win mobile you could tell it to sync all mail.
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