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GoogleSync Brings Push Gmail to iPhone – At Last!
The iPhone Blog —
Google’s official mobile blog has just (and finally!) announced Push Gmail support for the iPhone!
Integrated into their existing GoogleSync service, which up until now supported only contacts and calendar, now:
Using Google Sync, you can now get your Gmail messages pushed directly to your phone. Having an over-the-air, always-on connection means that your inbox is up to date, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Sync works with your phone’s native email application so there’s no additional ...
Google Sync Gets Push Gmail Support on the iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
... Oh, MobileMe, how will you deal with this latest threat to your iPhone feature dominance? First it was improved Exchange support, and now it’s push Gmail using Google Sync. ...
Push Gmail Finally Comes To The iPhone, No Thanks To Apple
TechCrunch —
Push Gmail support for the iPhone is finally here. And you have Microsoft to thank.
No, Push support has not finally been added to Apple’s Mail app for the iPhone, that would be too easy and make too much sense. Instead, it appears that Google is once again working around Apple to provide customers with some functionality, this time by way of its Google Sync product.
Basically, to get it to work, you have to set up a Microsoft Exchange account on the iPhone using your Google account credentials. Read more about the process here. Previously, ...
Google Sync - Now with PUSH GMAIL support.
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 —
... Today, Google has finally answered the call of pretty much everyone who has an iPhone and a Gmail account. Google Sync, a free service from Google which allows you to push Calendar and Contacts over the air now finally supports Gmail. ...
Push Gmail Finally Comes to the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
Apple hasn't added push for Gmail to its Mail app on the iPhone, but Google has worked around that via Google Sync. All you have to do is set it up as a Microsoft Exchange account. At last! Previously you could just sync your Google contacts and calendars, but now finally it supports Gmail as well, allowing you to be notified instantly when you get a new email. Push Gmail via Google Sync works on the iPhone as well as in Windows Mobile and Symbian. [Google Mobile Blog via TechCrunch]
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iPhone Gets Push GMail
Silicon Alley Insider —
... mail-boxes.jpg After a long wait, it's finally here: Google has released real-time "push" GMail for Apple's iPhone. This works via Google Sync, which actually uses Microsoft's Exchange protocols to get messages to your iPhone in real-time. Google has offered Sync for calendars and contacts for months, but mail is new as of today. ...
Gmail and Apps Push comes to iPhone
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple —
The Active Sync 'end round' that Google used to get calendar and contact sync to work on the iPhone is now being used to get push Gmail. Google licensed Microsoft's Active Sync so it could sync its messaging services with iPhones and other devices that support Microsoft Exchange (oh the irony!). [image] The service pretends it is an Exchange Server (or acts like one). Everything you've seen the iPhone do in regard to Exchange Email, Calendar and Contacts can now be done with a Google Apps or Gmail account. Today, they announced that Mail services are now working. You can ...
Gmail and Google Apps mail Push comes to iPhone
Seth H. Weintraub's blog —
The Active Sync 'end round' that Google used to get calendar and contact sync to work on the iPhone is now being used to get push Gmail. Google licensed Microsoft's Active Sync so it could sync its messaging services with iPhones and other devices that support Microsoft Exchange (oh the irony!). however, those with an Exchange account already on their phone won't be able to use this service because the iPhone only supprts one Exchange account. [image] The service pretends it is an Exchange Server (or acts like one). Everything you've seen the iPhone do in regard to Exchange ...
Google Sync Pushes Gmail to Windows Mobile and iPhone
jkOnTheRun —
... service to include push email support for those handhelds. With the service you can pick and choose if you want to sync mail, contacts, calendar events or any combination of the three. And the over-the-air synchronization works with the native apps on both devices — you don’t need to run Gmail in your browser, for example. ...
Google adds support for push Gmail via Exchange ActiveSync
Engadget —
... Google Sync's pretty awesome as it is, but it's had one glaring flaw in its implementation: no support for Gmail, just Calendar and Contacts, which means you aren't able to get true push email delivered. Well, they've gone ahead and completed the holy Google trinity ...
Get Gmail Messages Pushed to Your iPhone
WebProNews Feed —
... "Having an over-the-air, always-on connection means that your inbox is up to date, no matter where you are or what you're doing," says Google Mobile Software Engineer Douglas Gresham. "Sync works with your phone's native email application so there's no additional software needed." ...
News: Mix: Push GMail, Microsoft retail, AT&T MMS, iPhone accounting
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Google has launched push GMail support for its Google Sync service, allowing iPhone and iPod touch users, along with users of other mobile devices, to receive emails from their Gmail accounts almost instantly. Previously available for Google Calendars and Contacts, Sync is a two-way push synchronization service that allows users to update information from either their iPhone or iPod touch, using the built-in Calendar and Contacts applications, or from any traditional computer, using the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol. For more information on Google Sync or to set up ...
Get push for Gmail on iPhone, WinMo via Google Sync
Infinite Loop —
... . It now supports push e-mail for both iPhone OS and Windows Mobile-based devices. ...
Google brings push Gmail to the iPhone by way of Google Sync
iPhonefreak —
... going to be syncing your contacts and calendar along with your email, then please make sure you back everything up before you begin. The one downfall here is that Google Sync uses Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, and the iPhone will only allow one Exchange ActiveSync per iPhone. So for some that may rule Google Sync out, but otherwise these seems to be a good option, and for me this may be enough to finally convince me to let my MobileMe subscription lapse. [ Google Mobile via Official Google Mobile Blog ] comic_mf_v3_flat_8bit
Google brings ‘push Gmail’ to iPhone and Windows Mobile
APC —
... Exchange ActiveSync. Launched earlier this year, Google Sync introduced synchronisation for Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar against the iPhone and iPod Touch plus Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 devices. Gmail, however, was notably absent. Now Google Sync has become a true ‘triple threat’ to platform-specific push email services. “Using Google Sync, you can now get your Gmail messages pushed directly to your phone” writes Google Mobile software engineer Doug Gresham on the Google Mobile blog (this is one worth bookmarking and adding to your RSS feed list). Unlike the ...
