I just moved back to WinMo after a while on Android, and already I miss the fluidity of the native Gmail and contact apps, and how they sync flawlessly and look so very good..
I would love to see these apps on Windows Mobile, a proper, native Gmail app (not a terrible JAR) which would relinquish the need to rely on the outdated pocket outlook.
Is this feasible?
to my knowledge, there is no gmail application for windows mobile like you're requesting.
However, gmail offers sync for windows mobile email, contacts, and calender. It works flawlessly just like it works on android,
here's instructions on how to get this working, very simple.
I could not add an outside link that'll show you the steps,
but you can just google "google sync for windows mobile" and its right there the first link at the top of the page.
I understand having the gmail that android phones have would be nicer, but it is not available, I don't think google will make it for phones other than their android supported ones.
Good luck
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In my attempt to get the most out of my WM powered device (HD2) i could not help realizing that windows mobile is not among the targets of big software names like Yahoo, Skype, Fring, Google and what's more intereseting not even by Microsoft...
Take for exemple Google... it has it's Android... and the thing that it is best at is integrating anything google related into android phones: mail, calendar, contacts, photos, maps... you name it.... and they do this out of the box... and with the best user experience keeping the looks of the web based counterparts...
Yahoo and Skype... they both have IM clients for Android, Iphone, Symbian, Blackberry... but NOT windows mobile... WHY?...
Fring is perfect with anything but WM
Iphone and Android are so new on the market yet everybody supports it asap.
As for Microsoft you would've expected at least to integrate their own apps into windows phones... but they don't... They have the live app wich integrates messenger, contacts and mail... but not in the best way... I would've liked to see something to directly make a space entry from your phone's interface, to directly publish a photo or to send a file to skydrive... to have calendar synced at its full web potential... i know you have the exchange emulation like google but what about alternate calendars...
Bing is another thing... we have to install it your self instead of beeing fully integrated into your windows phone....
So the question is how come WM lost terrain being that it is the oldest on the market and has such a computing power in support of it (I guess we all agree that MS is a giant)?....
Karma is a ***** for MS
give a windows mobile 6.5 phone to a normal user.
let him use it for some weeks.
then give him an android phone and let him use that for some weeks too
look at the result.
now think if ur question was really that good
I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?
SteveCheeseman said:
I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?
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This is a Microsoft phone so you aren't gonna see much here. Aside from general syncing with your Gmail account through Exchange (email, calendar, contacts), you don't have much else. Google has yet to throw any real app support at Windows Phone 7 as well, with a very poor search app and that's it. There are some nice 3rd party apps that do some Google stuff (like apps with Google Reader support, and a bunch of really crappy Google Voice apps), but nothing like what you will see on Google's very own operating system.
Windows Phone is very much well built for people who mostly live in the Windows/Microsoft ecosystem (Xbox, Windows Live, Zune, Office, etc.).
Gmail account syncs emails, contacts and calendar just fine... haven't had any use for any other stuff.
I think windows phone handles my google accounts just fine. You can multiple google account which will sync your emails, contacts and calendar. The sync is both ways. There is no need for google docs on this phone as the built in office offers 25gb of free storage in skydrive (mango) thats pretty awesome.
You will need a windows live id (hotmail) but the only thing you might miss really is navigation. Mango has voice turn by turn but its no gmaps!
One thing that I thought I would throw in is that it doesn't support multiple calendar sync if you have more than one on your gmail account. I've been reading that Mango is going to allow this with the Microsoft emails like live & hotmail but I haven't heard anything with gmail
collins521 said:
One thing that I thought I would throw in is that it doesn't support multiple calendar sync if you have more than one on your gmail account. I've been reading that Mango is going to allow this with the Microsoft emails like live & hotmail but I haven't heard anything with gmail
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You can do this with Gmail. Their calendars are EAS and that's supported, but Google is actively blocking WP7 phones from syncing more calendars. It's been said that it's a bug on Google's side but I kind of doubt that.
Xylias said:
You can do this with Gmail. Their calendars are EAS and that's supported, but Google is actively blocking WP7 phones from syncing more calendars. It's been said that it's a bug on Google's side but I kind of doubt that.
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Ya I don't think it's on Google's end...thanks for the input though, least we know that it's possible but not yet
collins521 said:
Ya I don't think it's on Google's end...thanks for the input though, least we know that it's possible but not yet
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It most certainly is possible as I have multiple Google Calendars sync'ing on my Mango device at the moment. There is a trick to get Google to give your Windows Phone those additional calendars, search the web and you should be able to find it too.
Unfortunately, it is Google actively blocking Windows Phone 7 devices from using multiple calendars (of course as I mentioned, you can get around it). I don't know why, but Google is just being a ***** to WP7.
Note: Only Mango can sync multiple calendars. NoDo and below are not capable of sync'ing multiple calendars (from a single account).
prjkthack said:
I don't know why, but Google is just being a ***** to WP7.
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Obviously because they want to try to make Android phones seem more capable.
SteveCheeseman said:
I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?
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EVERYTHING. I was very impressed. You'll want to export your docs though. (trust me, it's worth it)
MrNetrix said:
Obviously because they want to try to make Android phones seem more capable.
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Well yes, of course they'd love to promote Android as much as possible, but they didn't seem to have an issue creating apps for Windows Mobile, or now with iOS. So I kinda wonder what has changed over at Google to make them ignore Windows Phone 7. Maybe they see WP7 as a viable competitor? Therefore throwing more weight behind it would not help Android at all.
Hi all,
I have been Android user for about 2-3 years and have own Google Apps domain and services.
I am really liking Nokia Lumia 800, one of reasons also is that I am Windows developer and using Windows Phone makes sense for me, as I can support Windows Phone as well.
What I am worried is how to use Google services on WP7.5. How do you sync contacts with Google Apps, IMAP emails, calendar? Most used services right now on my phone.
1. Is there a live contacts update as android? Or just plain CSV import/export?
2. IMAP? Works well with labes as well? I have around 40-50 labels for different companies
3. Calendar sync? Same as #1?
Or is this phone primarily aimed at MS services like exchange, skydrive and others and if I want to keep google apps I should just stick to android.
Thank you for your opinions.
From what I heard, Google users with windows phone don't have any problems with syncing, although the only drawback is that multiple calendars aren't support yet, but can be done by adding multiple Google accounts (seems pointless).
Since you are a windows developer, you can use your primary live ID to windows phone to use microsoft services, and add your google account with the stuff you already have such as contacts, calendar, email. For cloud storage, the default will obviously be skydrive (7GB).
About the first question, if you are talking about Google+, then no, windows phone only shows contact updates from twitter, facebook and linkedin.
Google mail, contacts, and calendar sync seamlessly with wp 7.5. Also govoice works perfect for Google voice. I've had NO issues bringing my Google services over as I develop for windows also. I have an HTC radar I use along with my SGSII. I also have been with Android since Android 1.5 and found using windows phone fun. Good luck with your decision.
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Multiple calendars are supported
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537814
WP7 comes with a built-in template for Google accounts. By default, these sync calendar, mail and contacts, and they all sync automatically in real-time (or on a polling schedule, if you're concerned about the battery usage).
I believe it actually uses Google's implementation of ActiveSync (like Exchange) since that handles the various features under one protocol. You can certainly use IMAP as well, if you want to for some reason. Note that under both IMAP and EAS, Gmail will pretend your labels are folders. You can sync multiple folders just fine, and pin specific folders for one-click access.
That said, Android definitely has better support for Google stuff, unsurprisingly. The hardware search button goes to Bing. The phone offers integration with SkyDrive but not Google Drive, and Sharepoint but not Google Docs (although you may be able to use Google Docs via the browser; I haven't tried). Google+ works in the browser but is completely absent from the integrated social networking features. There are many third-party apps that support Google Talk quite well, but only the Facebook and Live mesaging networks are built into the phone.
Thank you all for responses.
I dont really care for Google+, Google Talk would be good (someone pointed that there is app already for it).
So it means that if I delete contact on WP7.5 it will immediately actualize Google App servers and contacts will be deleted for all other devices as well, right? Same for calendar (I use only one, no problem).
Are there any things I should be aware of? Mass storare is not much problem, what about car navigation? alternative to google my tracks?
Thanks.
The OS has a built-in navigation feature, but it's... limited (some would say crippled). It won't tell you as a turn approaches, or where to go next in general, unless you tap the screen.
There are plenty of navigation apps, though. I am, however, unfamiliar with "my tracks" so I'm not sure cow that compares.
feronovak said:
Thank you all for responses.
I dont really care for Google+, Google Talk would be good (someone pointed that there is app already for it).
So it means that if I delete contact on WP7.5 it will immediately actualize Google App servers and contacts will be deleted for all other devices as well, right? Same for calendar (I use only one, no problem).
Are there any things I should be aware of? Mass storare is not much problem, what about car navigation? alternative to google my tracks?
Thanks.
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Yes, WP7 immediately (or atleast within a few minutes) updates your Google calendar and contacts.
I have just got my Windows phone and I really like the interface I'm very impressed I must say.
I want to get it setup and everything integrated but don't really know what's the best way to start.
I plan on getting Windows 8 and using that as my main OS so would like to keep everything as in sync as possible.
Currently I have everything with Google. That's calendar, contacts and email (Through Google Apps).
I want my email instantaneously on my phone and for the calendar/contacts/email to sync wirelessly and effortlessness across my PC and phone. I will be using the Metro interface on Windows 8 for email/calendar/contacts most likely.
What's the best way to go about this? Do I need to move my services to Microsoft? Can I even get my own email domain with Windows Live?
Thanks for any replies.
WP7 and Win8 will both have the ability to sync with Google services, including Gmail and Google Calendar and such (for WP7, use the built-in Google account template; for Win8 you'll need to enable IMAP access to your Gmail account). However, to get the full value out of WP7, you'll need to have a Windows Live account too, as that's what it'll tie app purchases and such to.
Also, some features of WP7 will only sync properly with Microsoft (Windows Live) services. For example, "cloud" syncing of documents is done over SkyDrive. The phone's browser is moderately capable of handling Google Docs, but there's no built-in support for that service and while you could download the docs to read or edit on the phone, the browser doesn't support file uploading so you couldn't send them back.
I believe it's possible to get your own domain through Windows Live services, but you'll probably have to pay a little for it. I don't think Google gives away domain names for free either though, right?
I only seem to be getting about 12 hours battery life (light use), is there anyway to increase this? (I know I can't physically get more battery life - I was thinking more tips and tricks). My Phone is the Nokia Lumia 710.
It's probably best that I stick with Windows Live if I can then, for the best integration possible.
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I believe it's possible to get your own domain through Windows Live services, but you'll probably have to pay a little for it. I don't think Google gives away domain names for free either though, right?
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Yeah I had to pay for my domain, but Google have Google Apps for free (so they manage my calendar, email, contacts, etc...)
Trust me. you definitely want to get a Windows Live account. They do have the option of making a windows live account out of your existing email, or you can just go ahead and make a new email. Google Docs is good, and all, but its not really supported on Windows phone, so you might want to check out your office hub and skydrive.
As far as your batter goes, if you are not using wifi/bluetooth/etc turn it off. Depending on what phone you have and the screen it has in it, having your background black or white can make a difference. Also set your screen brightness to automatic.
A few years ago, I was on Android from Froyo to Ice Cream Sandwich and then eventually the desperate need for real MS Office integration and not QuickOffice or DeskStuffProSortaLikeOfficeButNotEvenClose apps took me back to Windows where I had been for years and years before Android. The point is that I've been on Windows Phone for about four years now and a dysfunctional buggy OS, not at all app issues, has brought me back to Android. All this is to simply say I know what to expect about the basics of the Android UI though I haven't been on Android since 2013. So my questions if anyone can help me out...you'd be surprised how many of these things aren't properly covered anywhere.
1. Being fully entrenched in MS's cloud and applications, is it possible now to bring my MS login to the Android phone and have my contacts sync? Or am I forced to use gmail for contacts? I got so used to having my phone contacts sync flawlessly with my Windows laptop, desktop, and tablets I'd hate to lose that.
2. I don't use ANY Google applications whatsoever, not even search. I have my own private email server and have no interest in Gmail. Does anyone know if the OneNote, OneDrive, and Outlook function just like on a computer now? This didn't exist when I last used Android. The Outlook app was for if you had an Outlook, Live, or Hotmail mail and not for personal IMAP servers.
Thank you!