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Google Launches Mobile Mail

Posted by Zonk on from the babble-anywhere dept.

lazy_hp writes "Google has launched mobile phone version of Gmail. The service automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you're using and also 'Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list'. Technewsworld has a story on this. From the article: 'Gmail is now a kind of hub for Google ... GoogleTalk and a range of personalized services are all tied in together through Gmail registration. The more registration data collected by Google, the more relevant search results and ads can potentially be.'"

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  1. And better their services can be by dawhippersnapper · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "From the article: 'Gmail is now a kind of hub for Google ... GoogleTalk and a range of personalized services are all tied in together through Gmail registration. The more registration data collected by Google, the more relevant search results and ads can potentially be.'" Integration makes it a better experience for us end users also. I'm just waiting for more features from Gtalk.

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    1. Re:And better their services can be by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 3, Insightful

      GTalk needs some serious attention if they want it to be accepted by the public. But that makes me wonder... do they really want it to be accepted by the public? The voice chat feature is the best part of it for me; the quality is superb compared to other clients I've tried. Still, limiting it to Gmail users means that most people I know aren't eligible. And not having rich text, file transfers, and options for conversation logging are a good reason to find another client.

  2. Old news... by rbb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Slashdot: News for Nerds, Stuff that Happened About 4 Days Ago?

    On a sidenote: instead of the folks at Google adding new functionality of doubtful usefulness (autoresponders are the root of all evil in the corporate environment, right up there with running MS Exchange servers), can't they please finally let me delete or archive more than 100 messages at a time?

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    1. Re:Old news... by garcia · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Actually, because of how I use GMail, I'd prefer that they add an option to "Mark Messages as Read" before I label/Archive them. That way I don't have to visit GMail daily in order to make sure I don't have to thumb through multiple "All Mail" to manually mark them as read.

      On a side note, I'm thrilled with the HTML version as it works *VERY WELL* on my mobile device and it's quite fast! I take back what I said last week about Google coming out w/lame stuff like Web Clips and GMusic ;)

  3. Re:Neat Article Info by JanneM · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's sounds really great for users -- that could be a truly decisive feature, for those who need email access on the road, but for some reason don't already own a blackberry.

    Or do not already have a real email account and client on their phone. I think you can't get a phone without it here anymore.

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  4. Re:Gmail mobile is late., by generic-man · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...and to get Gmail Wireless, all you have to do is provide your Gmail username and password to a service that is "not affiliated with or endorsed by google." Considering how many services are/will be tied into your Google Account, I'd consider that a pretty big leap of faith.

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  5. Re:They'd lock me out by Rxke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't it just because you didn't actually use those accounts for a long time, you got kicked off? IIRC Google 'recycles' dormant accounts... A lot of other free webmail providers do, so...

  6. Re:They'd lock me out by Sime208 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure, Google's ads are tidier than anyone elses, and they're neatly presented. It's not so much the ads I mind as the decrease in screen space. I use many PC's that are fixed to 800x600 and I like all the room I can to read mails and navigate folders. Ad's just get in the way of that.