19 Jun 2009

Gmail for Mobile 2.0: Available for J2ME and BlackBerry

Google released a new version of its GMail app for J2ME-enabled and BlackBerry phones. The main goal was to make the application faster and more reliable, hence the code has been rearchitected to push all the processing to the background. In addition, the client-side caching scheme has been improved and “every bottleneck piece of code” optimized.

So what’s the new in the version 2.0, you ask?


  1. It’s faster - overall you should find the application faster, which includes smoother scrolling and no freezing.
  2. Multiple accounts management - now you can manage more than a single GMail acount from a single app.
  3. Multiple mobile email drafts - meaning you could prepare more emails in no-signal areas (i.e. metro).
  4. Shortcuts - great for QWERTY phone owners, which for instance could hit “z” to undo, “k” to go to a newer conversation, and “j” to go to an older conversation.
  5. Basic offline support - allows reading of most recent emails even when there is no signal. Additionally, outgoing messages will be saved in the Outbox and sent automatically when you’re back in coverage.

Features

  • Multiple accounts.New! Quickly switch between your Google Apps email and Gmail from the same client.
  • Multiple Mobile Drafts.New! Jot your thoughts down, finish and send later.
  • Shortcut keys*.New! Undo, scroll up and down, archive, delete, refresh at the push of a button. See Menu/Help in the app.
  • Basic offline*.New! Compose and read your most recent email even when you’re on the subway or plane.
  • Language Support.New! Gmail for mobile 2.0 is available in over 35 languages.
  • Message autorefresh. Gmail shows new messages in your inbox without you having to refresh the browser.
  • Address autocomplete. Gmail lets you enter long email addresses using just a few keystrokes.
  • View attachments. Open message attachments, including photos, Microsoft Word™ documents and PDF files.
  • Gmail goodness. Spam filtering, search, labels, filters, stars - and lots of storage space.

Visit m.google.com/mail from your phone and download Gmail for mobile 2.0 now!