Sam Oliver
Google on Tuesday updated its official Gmail application for iOS, adding the new category-based inbox also available on other platforms, and also improving notification options for iPhone and iPad users.
The new Gmail for iOS is now available as a free download in the App Store. Version 2.3.14159 is 13.7 megabytes, and requires iOS 5.0 or later.
The new notification options promise to alert users to all messages, only important messages, or none at all on an account-specific basis. Users can customize these settings from the in-app settings page.
And the new inbox, when enabled, groups mail into categories, allowing users to see what's new at a glance and more easily decide which emails to read.
The updated application shows primary mail first, while emails in other categories can be viewed by opening the menu. Users can configure this feature by accessing gmail.com on a traditional computer.
The updated Gmail inbox layout was brought to iOS devices via the Safari Web browser last week. The new tabbed interface was first unveiled by Google at its annual developers I/O conference last month.
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While you're at it, Larry Page would like you to e-mail your medical records to someone--anyone--so Google can study them.
While you're at it, Larry Page would like you to e-mail your medical records to someone--anyone--so Google can study them.
I don't get this post. Are you ignorantly implying that google has people personally reading your email for personal and malicious gain? Or are you just a troll.
I don't get this post. Are you ignorantly implying that google has people personally reading your email for personal and malicious gain? Or are you just a troll.
He's making fun of Larry Page who recently said:
“At least in my case I feel I should have done it sooner and I’m not sure that answer isn’t true for most people, so I ask why are people so focused on keeping your medical history private?”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038857/larry-page-wants-to-see-your-medical-records.html
Basically Larry Page is an out-of-touch, billionarie CEO who doesn't have to worry about being denied medical coverage, employment, etc. because of his medical history being used against him.
[quote name="Applelunatic" url="/t/157846/new-inbox-comes-to-googles-official-gmail-app-for-iphone-ipad#post_2338270"]He's making fun of Larry Page who recently said:
“At least in my case I feel I should have done it sooner and I’m not sure that answer isn’t true for most people, so I ask why are people so focused on keeping your medical history private?”
[URL=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038857/larry-page-wants-to-see-your-medical-records.html]http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038857/larry-page-wants-to-see-your-medical-records.html[/URL] Basically Larry Page is an out-of-touch, billionarie CEO who doesn't have to worry about being denied medical coverage, employment, etc. because of his medical history being used against him. [/quote] And all the while he kept his own medical condition a mystery (which is absolutely his right). He's blind to his own contradictions.
I really hope iOS 7 flat look won't be anything like this Google app which is just a copy of the atrocious Microsoft Metro/ModernUI crap.