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Has anyone considered if the iPhone is a good choice of you are a Gmail user? I have noticed that the Gmail app load time, on the iPhone, is unusably slow but

Has anyone considered if the iPhone is a good choice of you are a Gmail user? I have noticed that the Gmail app load time, on the iPhone, is unusably slow but it is one of the apps I need to use daily.

dewey 12y ago
Is there a specific reason you are using the Gmail app instead of the OS provided mail app?
- notlisted 12y ago
  Not the OP, but I noticed the same and in my case the reason it's simple: I have all my email/attachments since 2004/2005 in gmail. I use full archive search way more often than I care to admit. I love how gmail works/syncs across all platforms (my iPad on iOS, two Android devices, PC laptop and Mac desktop) and doesn't limit me to the Mac/iOS platform.
  - dewey 12y ago
    Shouldn't it work the same way if you are just using IMAP? I never used the gmail app that's why I'm not familiar with it's inner workings.
- acheron 12y ago
  For me it's because I've come to rely on the Gmail tabs (primary/social/promotions/updates), which the built-in Mail app just ignored. I could probably duplicate the effort with folders (though I use those also, in parallel to the tabs), but I just started using the Gmail app instead which handled it all fine.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    There's that - and the fact that Gmail app can prevent the non-Primary tabs from sending notifications. Also there's search... Mail.app does not handle search well for Gmail.
- kuhnster 12y ago
  Unfortunately search barely works for me on Mail. That is a big one. Also, in the mornings before work I like clean out my mail but I don't have access to my Gmail primary tab so I tend to tons of unnecessary email. Labeling also doesn't work.
- xienze 12y ago
  A year or so ago Google removed the Exchange support necessary to do push via Apple's mail app (well, it's complicated: if you set up GMail via Exchange on the mail app prior to that point in time your device is grandfathered. Otherwise you've got to use the GMail app).
- dntrkv 12y ago
  I would also recommend Mailbox for managing Gmail. It is one of my favorite apps I have ever used.
- martinko 12y ago
  I cant seem to get push notifications to work with the OS app, is there a way around this?
- manacit 12y ago
  Push notifications, I believe, don't happen in Mail.app?
pradn 12y ago
Consider using Mailbox, an app by Dropbox. It is quite fast and has all the features I need for GMail. It makes checking email a joy.
shurcooL 12y ago
I use the Gmail app on my iOS device daily, it works great.

dewey 12y ago

Is there a specific reason you are using the Gmail app instead of the OS provided mail app?

notlisted 12y ago
Not the OP, but I noticed the same and in my case the reason it's simple: I have all my email/attachments since 2004/2005 in gmail. I use full archive search way more often than I care to admit. I love how gmail works/syncs across all platforms (my iPad on iOS, two Android devices, PC laptop and Mac desktop) and doesn't limit me to the Mac/iOS platform.
- dewey 12y ago
  Shouldn't it work the same way if you are just using IMAP? I never used the gmail app that's why I'm not familiar with it's inner workings.
acheron 12y ago
For me it's because I've come to rely on the Gmail tabs (primary/social/promotions/updates), which the built-in Mail app just ignored. I could probably duplicate the effort with folders (though I use those also, in parallel to the tabs), but I just started using the Gmail app instead which handled it all fine.
- r00fus 12y ago
  There's that - and the fact that Gmail app can prevent the non-Primary tabs from sending notifications. Also there's search... Mail.app does not handle search well for Gmail.
kuhnster 12y ago
Unfortunately search barely works for me on Mail. That is a big one. Also, in the mornings before work I like clean out my mail but I don't have access to my Gmail primary tab so I tend to tons of unnecessary email. Labeling also doesn't work.
xienze 12y ago
A year or so ago Google removed the Exchange support necessary to do push via Apple's mail app (well, it's complicated: if you set up GMail via Exchange on the mail app prior to that point in time your device is grandfathered. Otherwise you've got to use the GMail app).
dntrkv 12y ago
I would also recommend Mailbox for managing Gmail. It is one of my favorite apps I have ever used.
martinko 12y ago
I cant seem to get push notifications to work with the OS app, is there a way around this?
manacit 12y ago
Push notifications, I believe, don't happen in Mail.app?

pradn 12y ago

Consider using Mailbox, an app by Dropbox. It is quite fast and has all the features I need for GMail. It makes checking email a joy.

shurcooL 12y ago

I use the Gmail app on my iOS device daily, it works great.