Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Gmail 2.0 is a promising, but ultimately flawed option for iOS users

Gmail 2.0 for iOS

When Google first launched its first dedicated Gmail app for iOS last year, it was a buggy embarrassment that lacked many of the key features found in Android's Gmail client — or any other real mail client. While Google eventually ironed out many of the bugs, it was still essentially a glorified web client — it may have worked for light Gmail usage, but it was hard to recommend over more fully-featured apps like Sparrow or even Apple's default Mail app.


However, Google's been giving its iOS apps more lovely lately. The recently-redesigned Google+ app stands as the best-designed app the company has released for iOS, and the new Google Search app is similarly full-featured. On the surface, Gmail for iOS 2.0 appears to follow suit —...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/4/3728548/gmail-2-0-ios-hands-on

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