Google has given Android users a leg up when it comes to accessing Google Mail via their phones by revamping the way Gmail looks to the Android browser.
Google included a GMail application in its pack of applications for Google-branded Android phones and there is a simple GMail app for the iPhone. Now Google has decided to upgrade the mobile GMail experience, but has avoided a native app in favour of a major reworking of the web interface, tailored for touchscreen.
The new ‘app’ doesn’t need to be installed – it just works as soon as you log in to GMail via your Android web browser or iPhone Safari. Providing you have the right phone, you will be redirected to a new homepage that uses HTML5 to produce a slick user interface which behaves like a ‘real’ email app.
The improved web app willl work on both Android and the iPhone, but any Android phone with a keypad will also get the benefit of keyboard shortcuts, just like on the PC. You can even use the mail app offline on Android, thanks to Google Gears.
Available Now | £free | GMail (via Google Mobile Blog)
