Google has introduced a new version of its Gmail client for mobile phones,
making the application more responsive and providing offline support in case the
user moves out of mobile coverage.
Gmail for Mobile 2.0 (available at m.google.com/mail) runs on handsets
supporting Java J2ME, which includes BlackBerry devices, giving mobile access to
Gmail accounts for users with a wider variety of handsets.
Google said in its
mobile
blog that it has improved performance by pushing all processing into the
background, improving caching and addressing bottlenecks in the client code.
Basic offline support means that users can now compose and read their most
recent emails even when they cannot get a mobile network signal.
Any outgoing messages are saved in the Gmail outbox on the phone and
delivered when a connection is re-established, according to Google.
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