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Google shows Web-based offline Gmail on iPhone
iPhone Approll —
... video on iPhone Buzz.
Offline applications can't of course retrieve new data from the network, but they do synchronize when network access is restored. Meanwhile, e-mail is stored in a local database on the phone, even when online.
"You'll note that it's very, very fast because it's using that local database," Gundotra said. The application also showed a floating toolbar that was visible even as he scrolled through his in-box.
... Originally posted at Webware
Google shows offline Gmail app running on iPhone
AppleInsider —
... running Google's own Android mobile operating system. Both versions included features new to mobile Gmail, such as a floating toolbar, multiple selection capability, and label support. Google is reportedly striving to bring to mobile devices all of the features available in the desktop version of Gmail. In a report on the matter , CNET News.com notes that the move "is significant because it shows how Web-based applications can bypass the control that particular companies such as Apple or Microsoft have over a computing technology." For example, Apple currently regulates ...
