Google Grants Offline Access to Gmail for iPhone and Android

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posted Apr 7, 2009, 1:10 PM   by Eric M. Zeman
updated Apr 7, 2009, 1:34 PM

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Today Google also announced lots of new features in its webmail Gmail product for the iPhone and Android platforms. According to Google, it takes advantage of HTML5, Gears and aggressive caching to boost speed, performance and the ability to interact with Gmail even when experiencing network issues. This will let users access some of Gmail's features even when the phone is unable to connect to a wireless network. Google also made archiving emails easier, as well as improved the look and feel of the Gmail app. The new webmail version of Gmail works only with iPhones running firmware 2.2.1 and up. It also works with all Android handsets. Gmail for the iPhone and Android is accessible from the devices' browsers.

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