Gmail on iPhone

[Platypus]

I've decided to get an iPhone as I'm now p!ssed off with Android.

How well does Gmail work with iPhone? I hear (but don't know) that the native email app on iPhone doesn't integrate with Gmail very well (e.g. Gmail contacts not synced with iPhone contacts). Yet I hear that the Gmail app is a bit crap.

Lots of iPhone users on here I know... some of you must have Gmail too.

[louie]

I've decided to get an iPhone as I'm now p!ssed off with Android.

How well does Gmail work with iPhone? I hear (but don't know) that the native email app on iPhone doesn't integrate with Gmail very well (e.g. Gmail contacts not synced with iPhone contacts). Yet I hear that the Gmail app is a bit crap.

Lots of iPhone users on here I know... some of you must have Gmail too.

I have iPhone and use Gmail, their app is very very very good, very usable.

[Netraider]

If you follow the steps here it works very well.

HTH

[d000hg]

I have an iPad not an iPhone but I think it'll be similar...

I wasn't too impressed using the built-in mail app. But the GMail app is very good, although I'm strongly convinced it's really just the mobile web-site wrapped as an app.

Simply going to gmail.com also works pretty well, it gives you their mobile version.

[SupremeSpod]

GMail app works well on my iPhone and iPad.

[The Spartan]

I have an iPad not an iPhone but I think it'll be similar...

I wasn't too impressed using the built-in mail app. But the GMail app is very good, although I'm strongly convinced it's really just the mobile web-site wrapped as an app.

Simply going to gmail.com also works pretty well, it gives you their mobile version.

Nope it's an actual app

[d000hg]

How can you tell - the Kindle app is HTML5 for instance not a native app.

[The Spartan]

Inside information

[louie]

How can you tell - the Kindle app is HTML5 for instance not a native app.

It's downloaded from the app store, mobile apps are accessed through Safari browser.

If you mean it makes use of the web UIWebView control then it probably does. I suppose it makes sense as you can write one version and it should hopefully not need much tweaking for different OS's

HTH

[SupremeSpod]

I have an iPad not an iPhone but I think it'll be similar...

I wasn't too impressed using the built-in mail app. But the GMail app is very good, although I'm strongly convinced it's really just the mobile web-site wrapped as an app.

Simply going to gmail.com also works pretty well, it gives you their mobile version.

It's downloaded from the app store, mobile apps are accessed through Safari browser.

If you mean it makes use of the web UIWebView control then it probably does. I suppose it makes sense as you can write one version and it should hopefully not need much tweaking for different OS's

HTH

Err I downloaded Kindle from the App Store...