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Screenshot Tour: Google Releases Gmail Mobile v. 1.5
Posted by Gina Trapani at 4:30 AM on October 16, 2007
Java-enabled handsets: Google's released an update to its excellent Gmail Mobile application, which gives you the live Gmail experience on your Java-enabled mobile phone. Version 1.5 adds the ability to search your mail, easy access to your contacts list, more efficient data usage that reduces bandwidth consumption (and load time), and more configurable settings. The downsides: 1.5 still doesn't support Google Apps for Your Domain, and by default it adds a hideous "Sent from Gmail for mobile" to your sent messages. (Visit the settings area to disable that.) After the jump, some screenshots.
Gmail Mobile 1.5
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Disable "Sent from Gmail for Mobile" in Settings
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Preload unread mail in Settings
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Search mail
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Choose which labels appear in the menu
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Customize your "Go to" menu
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Viewing labelled messages
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Contacts view
Gmail Mobile 1.5: "Go to" menu with selected labels
Gmail Mobile 1.5: Inbox view
Download the free Gmail Mobile to your handset by visiting gmail.com/app from its browser or your desktop browser. Thanks, dainalynn!
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MJ
Posted 2:23 PM 16/10/07
I've never been able to make v1.1 work properly on my Motorola. It's pretty frustrating, since using apps like that was the reason I bought that mobile phone. :(
MJ
Jimmy M
Posted 9:41 AM 16/10/07
Too bad that T-Mobile blocks third-party java apps from accessing their network.
*snicker* - really? Works for me :)
Jimmy M
2kreative
Posted 9:13 AM 16/10/07
Managed to get the update easily on my Nokia 6280 (Europe)
2kreative
tommertron
Posted 8:49 AM 16/10/07
No update for Blackberry. Boo!
One thing I'd love for the Blackberry version would be some sort of notice on the main screen that you have new messages. Going to gmail and hitting 'refresh' seems pretty antiquated on my bb.
tommertron
simonjp
Posted 5:18 AM 16/10/07
There doesn't seem to be that much between this and version 1.1 - I half-think that the upgrade was pushed more by the fact that my European version now calls itself Google Mail, rather than GMail - which of course was the point of a recent legal battle in Germany...
simonjp
TimGossett
Posted 8:32 PM 15/10/07
Still no attachments?!? BOO!!
TimGossett
Tammy, Business Mediator
Posted 7:48 PM 15/10/07
What a disappointment that so much of these Google extra don't work with Google apps. You'd think they'd want to nurture the paying segment they're trying to cultivate...
Tammy, Business Mediator
bnosach
Posted 6:08 PM 15/10/07
Too bad that T-Mobile blocks third-party java apps from accessing their network.
My tears are pouring on my much hated Nokia 6101.
bnosach
Mulefire
Posted 5:45 PM 15/10/07
Version 1.5 doesn't work with Google Apps, however it is possible to get version 1.1.1 working just fine.
* Browse to 'gmail.com/app/v1.0.0/en/gmail-g.jar' and download the version 1.0 client
* Enter your login information (your username should be your full Google Apps email address, i.e. me@mydomain.net
* You will get an error after the client tries to pull up the inbox. Just exit out of the application.
* Now go and download v1.1.1 by browsing to: gmail.com/app/v1.1.1/L1/gmail-g.jar
* After it installs select 'Keep existing data' on your phone when prompted
* Now when you start up gmail it will use the saved login credentials from the previous install and work just dandy
It's completely ridiculous that they won't support Google Apps, there doesn't seem to be any technical reason for it meh.
Mulefire
brockangelo
Posted 5:30 PM 15/10/07
One thing that I have enjoyed about Gmail Mobile:
if you entered your contact's phone number when you were in Gmail, you can call the contact straight from Gmail Mobile. When you are reading the e-mail, just hit Menu and "Call" is the first thing on the list.
It looks like the new version allows you to navigate through multiple phone numbers too when you go into your contacts section.
brockangelo
Solnyshok
Posted 5:10 PM 15/10/07
If you have 2 or more gmail accounts and would like to access them all without logoff/login hussle, or to keep several gmail apps open simultaneously... here is how
[solnyshok.blogspot.com]
This should work for most Nokias and Sony Ericsson phones. WinMo phones most probably will not be able to run 2 Java apps at the same time.
Solnyshok
kekil
Posted 4:53 PM 15/10/07
Most of these features are already present in v1.1, which is what I am using on my Treo 650 with the IBM JVM. Has anyone been able to get v1.5 to work on the Palm? I don't want to risk my upgrade failing, especially with just a few new features (sig, saving drafts, etc).
kekil
weatherman
Posted 4:31 PM 15/10/07
How do you get it working on WM5? I get an error "file cannot be viewed on device."
weatherman
Paul
Posted 4:22 PM 15/10/07
works great on my Dash running WM5
Paul
tom
Posted 4:11 PM 15/10/07
[gmail.com]
tom
tom
Posted 4:07 PM 15/10/07
gmail.com/app still points tot the 1.1 version
(I'm in Europe)
I luv the app, can't wait to get the update
anyone has the direct link?
tom
rayray14
Posted 4:06 PM 15/10/07
I just confirmed that it works fine with Windows Mobile 5.0, except the Contact search feature is still buggy.
rayray14
rayray14
Posted 4:01 PM 15/10/07
Nevermind, I was able to figure out:
[gmail.com]
Anybody that uses the IBM Java VM, that's the URL you'd want to paste in the install path.
rayray14
y0himba
Posted 4:00 PM 15/10/07
Works flawlessly on my old Razr V3. I am one of the lucky ones who purchased one that wasn't complete junk.
y0himba
babaki
Posted 3:55 PM 15/10/07
this doesn't work on my phone. samsung d-900. it does not have the proper certificate and so far i have found no way to import it. i have to use the web app which sucks.
babaki
rayray14
Posted 3:54 PM 15/10/07
Does anybody know the direct path to the file to download?
rayray14
Solomon
Posted 3:46 PM 15/10/07
I've got this up and running on my Samsung (Orange UK) but it doesn't actually ever send/receive any emails. I left it running for 10 minutes once, trying to send an email, and then got bored and deleted it. Now, I use Mobile Gmail (the web interface) with my WAP browser.
Solomon
CntryDoe
Posted 3:40 PM 15/10/07
No love on the BlacBerry Perl. Still at Version 1.1.0.
CntryDoe
summerblink
Posted 3:25 PM 15/10/07
not being able to use cool things like this on my phone is one more reason why i hate Verizon.
I also have reasons why I love Verizon too. It is a complicated relationship.
summerblink
sanjsrik
Posted 3:08 PM 15/10/07
Okay, and so WHERE is the WM5 NON-JAVA version?
Ugh, I hate being a bastard step-child.
sanjsrik
haggie
Posted 3:07 PM 15/10/07
no love on windows mobile 6 even with a java runtime installed.
haggie
tbeseda
Posted 2:58 PM 15/10/07
Now where is the Mobile Safari version for my shiny new iPod Touch?
tbeseda
region-soil-clime
Posted 9:58 PM 16/10/07
Still - the whole reason I removed the last version from my Treo - no attachments! Bah! It was the only real reason to run the java and it didn't justify the huge amount of real estate java took up.
If Google Maps can be as sweet as it is sans java - WTF?
Don't get me wrong, I love java - but why should I need
it on one mobile google app and not the other?
region-soil-clime
fbrain
Posted 10:33 AM 18/10/07
If your as frustrated as I am about the mail app not working with Google Apps, then please sign this petition.
[www.ipetitions.com]
fbrain