T-Mobile G1 has push Gmail with Google Talk presence
By Nilay Patel 
posted Sep 23rd 2008 9:43AM
posted Sep 23rd 2008 9:43AM
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No thaanks, give me Exchange support.
Seriously. That's my holdout as well.
Thats the beauty of Android....
within a short time there will be tons of apps for it.
Ive downloaded the SDK and already wrote a personal training app for it :)
WOOOOOHOOOOOOO
Me wants new toy!!!!
Exchange support isn't difficult and you can bet there will be a third party app if it isn't natively supported.
Or you could get your exchange emails forwarded to your gmail account (create a separate account for that if you like) until some app is written to support exchange; If you really want the device, that is.
My Centro has Gmail Push with ChatterEmail....
Then your palm doesn't have push email, chattermail does and you (presumably) had to pay extra to get it.
Err, so what if you dont actually use Gmail? And what is it about giving Gmail push capability that makes it a killer app??!!
If you don't use gmail, just wait a few days until some devs code a conduit for your email service of choice.
There isn't anything revolutionary about push-gmail per-se, but given that it's there straight out-of-the-box, you can see how a lot of average consumers will be delighted at having direct and immediate access their full gmail account sans pc.
Free? bye bye Blackberry . . . you will be missed RIP
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You can have free Gmail Push on any mobile phone: Windows Mobile, iPhone, Nokia (symbian etc..)
does it support more than one Gmail account? I have one for work and one for home.... if it only supports 1.. dud
I'm curious about this, too. I'm going to assume it must, becasue the Gmail software for my current Blackberry manages multiple accounts, including custom domains...but would love someone else who knows what this actually supports.
I presume thats the same for Google Enterprise apps. If thats the case then it really could be a challenge to exchange.
Google Docs isn't really the killer app in that package its the email and calendaring. If are pushed to Android then its certainly makes it worth having. Currently I have to forward my mail to a hosted exchange service to get it pushed to my win mobile HTC phone.
I get pretty much push gmail e-mail on my BlackBerry.
Well, in fairness, it does take about 20 seconds sometimes to come through, but I'm not complaining.
My Blackberry receives my gmails before my web client. And my Blackberry is not on T-mobile's network, so double bonus.
oohhh, possible replacment for my BB 8800
Push Gmail yay :-)
Nice. I see GMail Push coming to the iPhone !
It's called IMAP IDLE and the iPhone already supports it. I think this article is an 11 on the 1-10 scale of Google Kool-Aid consumption.
IMAP IDLE is not actually push email. The end result it nearly the same, but there are still a few advantages to real push email. I myself have not seen anything that states that this is IMAP IDLE. Google could have created real push email.
Plus this is without paying any extra fees for MobileMe. So I think it still warrants a mention.
That's funny, given that there is "push gmail" app for Symbian phones for a long time already. I use it and it works. Killer app, anyway. :)
How does the touch screen look/feel?
Is it glassy like the iPhone or more similar to the touch screens on portable GPS units? (Please tell me more glassy...)
The entire device is plastic and looks cheap, so I highly doubt the screen is high-quality glass like the iPhone.
Please Google just announce push Gmail and eventually push Gcal. I'm tired of using a second push (exchange-cabaple) to get my mail directly.
Anyway I like the whole Android / G1-concept - very open and with a lot of possibilities. But since T-Mobile doesn't exist in Scandinavia (unless they use Telia, which has the same magnenta color) it is gonna be a while.
I have push gmail for my BlackBerry Pearl.
Though, it doesn't support IMAP read states.
Push Gmail as a killer app? Hardly. If that's what Google and T-Mo are relying on to differentiate themselves from the iPhone and Yet Another iPhone Clone, they're going to end up short. Consumers in general aren't starving for that feature so bad they'll switch over.
Ninja Edit to the Rescue!
Original article:
"... push Gmail. That's a first for any platform, and it could be a major differentiating feature ..."
New article:
"... push Gmail. While that's not a first, it could be a major differentiating feature ..."
:)
i just ordered it!!!! cant wait to get it oct 22
Well first we had isheep now we have gdroids, still the same hype believing, kool-aid drinking clueless fanboys. Pathetic looking phone, abysmal 1GB data cap, no A2DP, Google collecting all your data - I detest apple but I would take an iphone over this rubbish. Fortunately I dont have to settle for the iphone either as I use the copy & paste wielding WM OS on my Samsung Omnia.
Oh man I can't wait to see location-aware apps for this. Web 2.0 developers, start your engines!!
I just hope the Gmail app is speedy and transparent in that it processes requests right away.
So whats the deal with this Limit of 1 GB of data per month? Or am I just reading it wrong?
"If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less. Your data session, plan, or service may be suspended, terminated, or restricted for significant roaming or if you use your service in a way that interferes with our network or ability to provide quality service to other users."
Other then that, it looks like this will be something great to build upon.
T Mobile lifted the 1GB cap on data usage. Fierce had an article about that...