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By: Technology,Gadgets,Mobiles,Laptops,Iphones,mobile tools » RIM Confirms That Gmail 2-Way Sync Coming in “Near Future”

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:17:24 +0000

[...] interesting tidbit. RIM ran an article in the latest edition about the Gmail Plugin that was released weeks ago and threw in a little paragraph that was actually [...]

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:24:21 +0000

[...] this interesting tidbit. RIM ran an article in the latest edition about the Gmail Plugin that was released weeks ago and threw in a little paragraph that was actually newsworthy: Initially, synchronization with the [...]

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:50:32 +0000

Dang. Another half-assed implementation of something on BlackBerry. So the “enhancements” only apply to the individual inbox and are completely lost when using the consolidated “Messages” inbox (which I have no doubt is what MOST people with more than 1 email address use). This wouldn’t be so awful if there was a way to have that particular gmail inbox NOT appear in “Messages”, but apparently that’s not possible either.

For this I would call this plugin a FAIL for anyone that uses the consolidated “Messages” inbox.

By: tate83

tate83 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:30:20 +0000

well, I used to delete read messages on my BB locally and then use or archive them on gmail.com.. I think I need to change that way with the new possibilities

still, archived emails disappear from the “gmail-inbox” but they do not from the “messages”.
just did another test with splitted mailboxes.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:15:32 +0000

I would think once archived they wouldn’t show? The “Messages” icon is just an amalgamation/convenience of the real inboxes, and I know if I delete an email from an inbox it is gone from “Messages” too.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:13:01 +0000

Yeah, wouldn’t something so simple as choosing a home screen icon seem a no brainer for RIM to include in the user email options for each inbox? Maybe OS 5.0 will have such a feature.

By: tate83

tate83 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:03:03 +0000

its the same for me.. besides.. do the messages stay in the “combined” mail-view when archived in the gmail-view?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:48:46 +0000

I wouldn’t mind the separate icons except the gmail folder icon doesn’t match the rest of my theme now. The icon is the default “Bold theme” icon and is totally out of place.

By: Luis Merlos

Luis Merlos — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:42:09 +0000

I separate my emails from my sms but only two icons

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:29:05 +0000

I’m disappointed.

From what I’m seeing on my Bold, you have to keep your e-mail folders separate for this plug-in to really work. I can get the Star/Archive/etc. commands in the menu from my integrated Gmail folder, but not in the main combined Messages folder. This is lame, because I only like to have one icon on my screen for all of my email and SMS accounts.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:29:51 +0000

Yeah, there were two BlackBerry releases from Google this week and you’ve confused them together.
The gmail one is supposed to add far more functionality to the RIM client without needing the gmail app.
The other is the Apps connector for BES.

By: Luis Merlos

Luis Merlos — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:18:49 +0000

Thanks for the clarification and feedback I couldn’t test it out so this helps.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:03:44 +0000

There is some confusion here. You have a link for the Google Enhanced Email plugin for BIS, but you have the description for the Google Apps integration for BES. Two separate products, nothing o do with one another. The BIS plugin gives you much better email fucntionality, but it has nothing to do with your Calendar or Contacts.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:46:32 +0000

Hi,

Those on BIS can already do most of this with the current Gmail app from Google. By using IMAP in Gmail you can sync both ways with:

* Star messages (Flag in Entourage/Outlook)
* Delete messages
* View Labels (Folders)
* Archive
* Set Read/Unread status

Using Google Sync you can sync a 28 week period in Google Calendar to the BB and desktop.

My problem is that Google apps don’t integrate with the BlackBerry system enough. For example I want to add an email as a Task or Calendar Event and need to copy and paste. Ideally RIM should show BIS users some love and give us the Gmail options in the native email client. If they think this will eat into their BES sales well Apple (and soon Nokia) already are.

– Robert.