- Gmail Mobile
Gmail Mobile is a version of Google's
Gmail email service. It is a free service, developed to provide access to Gmail from mobile devices such ascell phones , orsmartphones like theTreo .In order to use the service a user will need a Gmail account and a mobile device that meets the following requirements:
* It must haveInternet access and a WAP enabledweb browser
* It must beXHTML compliant
* It must have cookies enabled and the mobile network must also allow cookies to be set
* It must allow SSL (Secure Sockets Layer ) traffic. [ [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=38689&topic=1580 Gmail Help Center] ]Gmail Mobile was released on
December 16 ,2005 and is available in many different languages. [ [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30599&topic=1580 Gmail Help Center] ] .Features
General
Gmail Mobile offers many of the features as Gmail delivered effectively to smaller, mobile screens. Users have the ability to compose, read, reply, forward, mark unread, add a star or trash
email messages.Attachments
Gmail Mobile enables users to open attachments in messages, including photos, documents in Microsoft Word, and
PDF files. However, users are not allowed to upload files as attachments in Gmail Mobile.ynchronization
Gmail Mobile is synchronized with Gmail. Logging in to Gmail Mobile via a mobile device is essentially the same as logging in to Gmail from a
desktop computer . For example, when a user sends an email using Gmail Mobile, it appears as sent email from Gmail and vice versa.Reply by Call
If a Gmail Mobile user has stored the phone number of an email sender in his or her contact list, an opened message can be replied to either by return text message or by calling that person’s number. [ [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47883.html Tech News World] ]
Device Optimization
Gmail Mobile will attempt to optimize the screen for the connecting device.
Competition
Gmail Mobile faces competition from Microsoft’s MSN Mobile and
Yahoo! Mobile .References
ee also
*List of Google Services and Tools
External links
* [http://m.gmail.com/ Gmail Mobile website]
* [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=30596 Gmail Mobile’s Compatible Phones List]
* [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1580/ Gmail help center]
* [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47883.html/ Tech News World article on Gmail Mobile launch]
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