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Gmail Go, a Lightweight Version of Google's Email App, Launched on Android (techcrunch.com)
Google has added a notable addition to its line of "Go" edition apps -- the lightweight apps designed primarily for emerging markets -- with the launch of Gmail Go. From a report: The app, like others in the Go line, takes up less storage space on users' smartphones and makes better use of mobile data compared with the regular version of Gmail. The app also offers standard Gmail features like multiple account support, conversation view, attachments, and push notifications for new messages. It also prioritizes messages from friends and family first, while categorizing promotional and social emails in separate tabs, as Gmail does. But like other Go apps, Gmail Go doesn't consume as much storage space on the device. In fact, according to numerous reports, Gmail Go clocked in at a 9.51 MB download, and takes up roughly 25 MB of space on a device, compared with Gmail's 20.66 MB download, and 47 MB storage space.
E-mail in only 25MB? Wow! That's amazing!
You know, that would have really helped about thirty years ago when my drive was only 500MB.
Actually, that would have sucked thirty years ago, because thirty years ago, e-mail was easily under 5MB of total disk space. I do believe it was often under 3MB, and I'm pretty sure it was possible under 1MB.
It's e-mail. It needn't be complicated.
(oooooh, fancy sorting, that probably needs another 50 KB)
What features do you feel are missing from Gmail ? Which other email service (not client) provides these services ?
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
Yea, they could use the version from 2008 .. and while we're at it, lets' go back to the gmail web app from 2005! The one that wasn't garbage.