New Java-based Mobile Gmail
Nov 2, 2006 by
Andre
Google is doing a spectacular job building Java-based mobile apps for my phone. I just downloaded the new Gmail app for my Samsung A900. Installation is very, very, easy -- I just pointed my phone's browser to gmail.com/app, and Google correctly detected my phone brand/model.
Using the app feels a lot like using the Ajax-ified Gmail site (aside: have you tried the non-ajax version of Gmail? They must maintain a significantly different code base for it). For example, it provides as-you-type filtering of names/email addresses when you address an email.
Google's mobile apps are shaping up to be the only ones I use on my phone. While the Gmail app isn't quite as groundbreaking as Google Maps Mobile, it's still solid.