Gmail for Mobile, A Refresher
March 11th, 2008 MobileFreak
I check my Gmail on my Blackberry 8830 several times a day. Since many of our readers are venturing onto the mobile web for the first time, I thought it would be useful to take a fresh look one of the most common activities — accessing your Gmail account on from your mobile phone.
Before we jump in, you may want to have a look at this Google video explaining how to access Gmail from your mobile device:
Gmail for the Mobile Browser
First, know that there are two ways to access your Gmail account from your mobile phone. The one I use is simply to navigate to the regular Gmail URL, gmail.com. From there, you can quickly scan your inbox, open (most) attachments, delete, star, mark as spam, and use other general functionality.
The only requirement to access the Gmail mobile website is that your mobile browser be XHTML compliant, have cookies enabled, and that the network allow SSL communication. This should not be an issue for the large majority of U.S. users out there, so just give it a shot.
Gmail Mobile App
The other way to access your Gmail account while you are on the go is to download the Gmail Mobile App. It is a Java application, and the main difference here is that it involves significantly less data than accessing Gmail from your mobile browser. For those that often hit their data limit on their wireless plan, it is certainly worth a look.
Read more about it here: http://gmail.com/app. Better yet, go here to get the link sent to your mobile phone.
So do you access Gmail from your mobile? Use an email service that does not provide mobile access yet? Drop us a line in the comments and let us know.
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I use the Gmail App on my Blackberry 8830 and it’s amazing. I started out with it to test mobile email speed vs SMS in using our application and there is basically no difference. Gmail seems to check for new messages every 3-4 minutes or you can refresh, but it posts faster than my work email.
Definitely a big fan!
Gmail app is very usable even on a (not so) smart phone. I’ve got a rather old Sony Ericsson with UMTS and the gmail app works blindingly fast. Especially compared to using the mobile website. The built-in email app isn’t worth even trying. I tested that once with my work and it’s a pain.
Count me as one more for Google Mail on your mobile.