It seems reasonable to assume that an incremental release version, like 2.3.2, would consist of tiny bug fixes, device compatibility tweaks and the like. But the official announcement of Gmail for Android 2.3.2 over at the Google Mobile Blog touts better priority inbox support, the ability to send email from any address configured in the web client, inline… Read more
Andy Rubin let loose some great information on upcoming products at the All Things D: Dive into Mobile conference last night. During his interview, he whipped out a dual-core Motorola tablet with NVidia 3D (no name was given, though Stingray seems a likely bet) and it was running Honeycomb, the next major Android release. Rubin used the slick tablet–sans… Read more
Are you bored with the default Gmail theme? I was when I started using Google’s built-in theme support and their ultra-soothing “Cold Shower” theme a while back. And now, for you Andy fiends out there, they’ve got an official Android theme available for enjoyment. Just sign into GMail, hit settings, themes, and look near the bottom of the list. While… Read more
Gmail has been closely integrated with Android since the beginning. Yesterday’s update, however, separates it from the core OS at least a little bit. Updates for Gmail can now be downloaded from the Market, similar to what Google has done with Maps for a while now. This method allows them to update the individual apps more frequently, without waiting for… Read more
Some users are reporting a frustrating bug in Gmail after receiving the Froyo update: while the primary account is functioning as normal, any secondary accounts don’t refresh automatically. Thus, those affected by the bug have to manually refresh their second account. If you’re in this unfortunate group, take a look at the bug entry on Google’s mobile… Read more
If you had to change or add just one or two features of GMail for Android, what would they be? If you had asked me this question a year ago, I would have had a very hard time narrowing the fairly long list of problems I saw in the app down to just a couple of requests. I actually refused to use the native GMail app for the first year after Android was… Read more
Do you have problems with your outgoing GMail in Android? It happens to me nearly every day lately: I type an email on my Android device, hit send, and mistakenly believe my message has been passed along to its intended recipient when, in actuality, my words are sitting patiently in my outbox; sometimes for days on end. No errors pop up. Unless I check my… Read more
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