Mobile Email: Gmail For Mobile Phones Gets Better - Video

Google's Gmail For Mobile Devices service can now be accessed directly from any Java-enabled phone's menu, in addition to the previously available service allowing access using a mobile internet browser.

Among the most popular web-based email services, Google's Gmail is packed with useful features, storage space to satisfy the most sociable of emailers and tabbed, searchable conversations that group entire threads of conversations between you and the people you keep in touch with.

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But that's old news. It has been possible to access Gmail via fully web-enabled phones since earlier this year. The new service offers a small download which will enable any Java-enabled mobile phone to access your Gmail inbox without having to do so from a browser. The client will automatically sync with your inbox, letting you know when new mails have arrived, and optimize itself to your phones interface for clearer, easier to read layouts and the ability to open full screen attachments.

With the ability to open full screen photos, Word documents, PDFs and other attachments added to the option of calling friends in your Gmail address book directly from the Gmail interface, this Java-powered update to looks to be a must have for those emailing on the move.

In this one-minute video, I introduce the Gmail Mobile Service and offer a peek at the new Java interface in action.

More Information:

• Download Gmail For Mobile Device's Java Client by pointing your mobile browser at http://gmail.com/app
• Check out the list of compatible phones that have currently been confirmed as working with the new client.
• Sign up via SMS by visiting http://gmail.google.com and clicking on "Sign Up For Gmail".
• Access the web-browser based edition, which will work on the vast majority of web-enabled mobiles, minus some of the new client's features.
• Read Robin Good's coverage of the earlier Google Mobile Services