Google Apps mobile GMail now works
Jul 17, 2008, 1:46 am
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Many of you have GMail working on your smartphone, however it's now available for Apps users as well. Not 'push' (you need to press 'Refresh') but very functional.
Many of you have GMail working on your smartphone, however it's now available for Apps users as well. Not 'push' (you need to press 'Refresh') but very functional.
Jul 17, 2008, 5:59 am
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Many of you have GMail working on your smartphone, however it's now available for Apps users as well. Not 'push' (you need to press 'Refresh') but very functional.
Many of you have GMail working on your smartphone, however it's now available for Apps users as well. Not 'push' (you need to press 'Refresh') but very functional.
I don't normally rely on the Google Apps Mail client, but I happened to leave it running on my BB overnight and it's showing mail that has been received in my GAFD account without me having selected "refresh." I can't say that this qualifies as "push," though, since I have no idea how quickly the mail showed up in the client after it was received in my account.
Jul 17, 2008, 6:35 am
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I've been running a version of some sort for 6+ months now. It stinks. Then again, so does the IMAP interface, though slightly less.
I cannot file/tag a message in the BB app. I cannot select text in the BB app. I cannot highlight and dial a phone number from the email body in the BB app. I cannot display URLs in the BB app. New mail arriving in the BB app doesn't trigger the notification on the device.
There are lots of problems with the BB app version for hosted apps.
It isn't push; it polls, but the polling interval is pretty short in my experience.
I cannot file/tag a message in the BB app. I cannot select text in the BB app. I cannot highlight and dial a phone number from the email body in the BB app. I cannot display URLs in the BB app. New mail arriving in the BB app doesn't trigger the notification on the device.
There are lots of problems with the BB app version for hosted apps.
It isn't push; it polls, but the polling interval is pretty short in my experience.
Jul 17, 2008, 6:47 am
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As to the BB version I have no answers
Jul 17, 2008, 9:36 am
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The GMail for mobile devices has been around for a little while, however it didn't work for Apps (ie domains other than .gmail or .googlemail). I noticed earlier this week it was now available for external domains. How long has this been available? Probably as long as 2 months..
As to the BB version I have no answers
As to the BB version I have no answers
Jul 17, 2008, 12:18 pm
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As SBM12 noticed, (mobile apps for Google Apps) it's been around for some time now. I had it installed on my phone in March. It will let you continue to install the regular GMAIL mobile app, (the Apps one has a blue Google Icon vs the red one for GMAIL)
Also if you use BIS/Blackberry with Google apps it's near instantaneous proper push...
Also if you use BIS/Blackberry with Google apps it's near instantaneous proper push...