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I've had my Nexus One for quite a few weeks now, and I've made a list of my 'annoyances' from my own experience. These are all to do with Google's own apps, which is a bit disappointing because it is, ultiamtely, their own platform. They are annoyances instead of complaints because none of them hinder me in any significant way, but the length of the list do make me feel that there is no reason for Google to not include these features as soon as possible.
Contacts - Synchronization with Gmail contacts is great, but can't edit Birthdays on an Android phone.
Maps - Can't add an address pinned on the map to an existing contact, can't apply custom labels to starred items, My Maps always gives me "This Community Map could not be displayed because it contains errors."
Calendar - I've got 3 calendars synchronized with Google Calendar, associated with 3 different colours, and while all of them work fine in Day, Week and Agenda views, absolutely no colours show up in Monthly View! This is really annoying.
Browser - Can only recognize US phone numbers, so if I want to call a number on a page which is not in US format, I've to manually copy it and paste it in the Phone app, rather than just a long press or something easier.
Selection of Text - a bit cumbersome given HTC Desire does it better in my opinion.
Account Synchronization - Sometimes doesn't work. I've made changes in a contact and separately in my calendar entry, only to come back and find the change reverted to the original setting. I tried to repeat the change again but it would just revert back again. Finally I had to make the change in my PC browser and force-sync the phone for it to be accepted. Mind you, as I mentioned this has happened only a few times, it works fine most other times.
So as I mentioned, by themselves these issues aren't big. And I do realize in some instances a free 3rd party app is the way to go. But still, surely Google should make sure that their own apps leave as little to be desired as possible.
Thoughts?
A few key apps that aren't even developed yet:-
khaytsus said:
Google should write a good Google Docs
Google Tasks (integrate with Calendar, plus Widget)..
Maybe a nice shortcut forcing the Android browser for Google Reader.. I love Google Reader in the default browser, but if you have Opera set as default it looks horrid.
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TT1986 said:
Calendar - I've got 3 calendars synchronized with Google Calendar, associated with 3 different colours, and while all of them work fine in Day, Week and Agenda views, absolutely no colours show up in Monthly View! This is really annoying.
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I've just realized that the reason nothing shows in Monthly views is because events are all-day rather than during a specific time period on the day. If an event was scheduled for, say, between 1700 and 1800 hours, then a colour would show.
Not that this makes it any better. I still should be able to see something in the Monthly view to tell me that an all-day event is up on that day.
I know you're talking update what they have, but I think they're missing some important things..
Google should write a good Google Docs
Google Tasks (integrate with Calendar, plus Widget)..
Maybe a nice shortcut forcing the Android browser for Google Reader.. I love Google Reader in the default browser, but if you have Opera set as default it looks horrid.
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You're quite right. The absence of an editable mobile app for Google Docs, from Google, is mind-boggling.
Infact I'll include your post in the OP. It'll help build a decent list of "Apps to Do or Improve by Google for Android."
Actually the most disappointing thing is that some of those issues are pretty obvious to anyone having used the phone a few days.
Also some were reported years ago ...
For example Google contact sync ridiculous resolution for photos, maps location labels etc ... And it's not like it would take them more than a couple hours work to fix either.
I dont think google will allocate their resources on specific stock apps or them given priority over the development on Gingerbread since with apps they have community resource.
unlike mobileme or exchange, google offers a lot of the cloud services free of charge for our personal use, and we shouldnt take that for granted.
and to answer the op, I too would like to have the listed features applied, but I would categorize them as 'nice to have'.
-Task list (would be very elegant solution to other 3rd party notepad software)
-gtalk video
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and to answer the op, I too would like to have the listed features applied, but I would categorize them as 'nice to have'.
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I agree, I'm not too inconvenienced by them, but it would make the platform/apps so much neater and more polished. Some of them are really basic though, and you have to wonder that if Google can include some advanced features in an app (for example - layers or the seemingly defunct My Maps in the Maps app) why not quickly complete the basics?
Here's another thing I've been noticing regarding Gmail's Push mechanism. I've subscribed to this thread and another thread for instant notification and I've received a total of 5 replies, so 5 emails. Two of those emails have been delivered instantly to my phone, but the other 3 emails have had delays, the worst one being 11 minutes.
Again, my Gmail account isn't critical, so it doesn't bother me. However it's a feature which I imagine a lot would like perfected.
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Contacts - Synchronization with Gmail contacts is great, but can't edit Birthdays on an Android phone.
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I absolutely hate how I can't stop it from syncing auto-added contacts, which should be an option to completely disable in Gmail anyway. It's been almost a year since they changed it but Google apparently doesn't bother paying attention to people's complaints.
I did read somewhere that 2.3 is supposed to be heavily focused on improving the stock design and apps. I certainly hope that's true.
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I agree, I'm not too inconvenienced by them, but it would make the platform/apps so much neater and more polished. Some of them are really basic though, and you have to wonder that if Google can include some advanced features in an app (for example - layers or the seemingly defunct My Maps in the Maps app) why not quickly complete the basics?
Here's another thing I've been noticing regarding Gmail's Push mechanism. I've subscribed to this thread and another thread for instant notification and I've received a total of 5 replies, so 5 emails. Two of those emails have been delivered instantly to my phone, but the other 3 emails have had delays, the worst one being 11 minutes.
Again, my Gmail account isn't critical, so it doesn't bother me. However it's a feature which I imagine a lot would like perfected.
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Hmm? Layers and My Maps work in Google Maps... I have a layer of Star*ucks and Kroger Fuel stations and when I need to fuel up (me or the car ) I fire up Maps, turn Layers, My Maps, click the one I need.
I wish Google Maps could do orientation of travel... Navigator does, but sometimes a flat map is just fine.
I think they said Gingerbread would have major cosmetic changes so I think they will improve google apps, overhall the Music app (which has been near enough the same since 1.0) and the messaging app etc etc.
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I absolutely hate how I can't stop it from syncing auto-added contacts, which should be an option to completely disable in Gmail anyway. It's been almost a year since they changed it but Google apparently doesn't bother paying attention to people's complaints.
I did read somewhere that 2.3 is supposed to be heavily focused on improving the stock design and apps. I certainly hope that's true.
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Try going to contacts.google.com and set your contacts into separate groups (friends/family/etc) and tell the phone to only sync those groups. Lifehacker had a post about this awhile back with better directions
Google Apps are BY FAR the worst, most incomplete, apps I have installed on my phone.
How about the fact that you can't change your "send as" address in Gmail for Android? They gave us that ability at Gmail dot com years and years ago, but there's been an open ticket on adding it to the Android version for over a year with NO response from Google at all.
I HATE how the contacts app automatically merges similar contacts. My dad and I have the same name, so it adds my Facebook account and all of my email addresses to his contact after every sync.
The Google Voice App gives you the options to "Never call with GV", "Always call with GV", "Use GV for international calls", or "Always ask"... Why can't you set the option on a per-contact basis? I wan't to call half the people in my phone book with GV and half without it, but I have to tell it which is which for every single call. I opened a ticket on this months and months ago with NO response from Google.
The list goes on... I just can't believe how long some of these tickets have been open, and how many "+1" responses they have, but Google just ignores them. It really makes me wish they'd release paid versions of their software so that maybe we'd have a voice (nevermind the fact that I gave Google $575 for my Nexus One).
The other frustrating part is that Google's "novelty apps" seem to be more complete than their "productivity apps". Maybe it's because I don't use them every day or because I don't rely on them, but does anybody have any complaints about the My Tracks app? Or Google Goggles?
Anyway, thanks for letting me vent!
Billy
Another one of my rants, regarding the Gallery app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738590
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Try going to contacts.google.com and set your contacts into separate groups (friends/family/etc) and tell the phone to only sync those groups.
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Would you _please_ stop this, it's causing me utter agony
My Samsung Galaxy S is deprived of this functionality by Samsung (!). Groups sync but just don't show... To prove they indeed sync, just create a group in goole with the name "test". Then sync. Group does not appear on phone. Now try to create a group "test" on the phone -> Error "Group name already in use".
Samsung really f... up the contacts management
Customizable snooze times and volume per alarm would be nice.
Is google also responsible for the youtube app? It sucks too ^^
No comments possible for example...
That is def.ly a good topic to debate and I def.ly would say yes they should. It looks like those apps will def.ly be redefined come gingerbread time (3.0). Even the gmail apps is not as defined as it should. At least there should be an unread mail count by default in the app among other things.
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You're quite right. The absence of an editable mobile app for Google Docs, from Google, is mind-boggling.
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I gotta agree with this. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Gmail: needs the ability to send to a group.
YouTube: needs a setting to tell it what resolution of video to default to. It's a pain to load the video and then select "high quality" every time.
And lets not talk about everything that needs to be done to make the Market app not suck.
I think they should. While Sense is nice (even though I'm not using it lol) I think it would be a lot better if Google's stock UI was much better. There's a lot of rumors going around that Gingerbread has Google focused on a much better user experience so that they don't need things like Sense, MotoBlur, etc...And I hope so. I think Google should stack it's main stock options, and then if people want to be able to add extra stuff by putting on some kind of skin/extra UI then they should have the option. Just my 2 cents
OP you read my mind. I really do think google should spend some time upgrading the overall look and feel of the stock apps. I mean they have added about every feature you can possibly need but some basic things they have seemed to overlook. Especially their music, email, youtube, and other almost daily used apps should be more pleasing to use. But as someone mentioned earlier, their 3.0 gingerbread might sexy things up a bit.
I'm looking for a client that's as good as the iPhone mail client. I'd like it to support multiple exchange accounts as well as render html based email properly. Also an email client that will render all emails proportionally so I don't have to scroll left and right on an email unless I zoom in. Also supporting pinch to zoom would be great. I've tried K9 but was left unsatisfied on it's implementation... what are the better clients on Android?
I'm in the same conundrum(though not for exchange accounts, mostly IMAP).
Tried k9, which fails quite bad and maildroid, which is just slow. Finalyl just settled on the Samsung Mail app that came with my Galaxy S. I'm sure you can find an APK for it around somewhere if you have a different phone.
It's as close to the iPhone mail prgram as I can find on Android
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I'm in the same conundrum(though not for exchange accounts, mostly IMAP).
Tried k9, which fails quite bad and maildroid, which is just slow. Finalyl just settled on the Samsung Mail app that came with my Galaxy S. I'm sure you can find an APK for it around somewhere if you have a different phone.
It's as close to the iPhone mail prgram as I can find on Android
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I don't understand how any could could be disappointed in K9 Mail, it works flawlessly for me. The GUI is simple yet intuitive and presents the right information at the right time, it ALWAYS works, it's fast, it uses VERY little battery, it supports a great deal of functionality.
The GUI between 2 and 3 got even better adding "Move to Archive" and such type buttons, making common actions easier to do.
One more big plus; Tasker supports it, so you can act on incoming emails, send email, etc via K9.
Only two things it's missing IMO..
Per-folder alerts (I combine all emails (forwarded) into one, and most of them go into specific folders) would be nice, but I've done this in Tasker now so no biggie here.
Second, if you move mail to a folder you don't sync, it stays local and doesn't clean up. IE: If you move Trash mail to the server Trash folder, it moves on the server and on the mail client. However it never gets purged in K9 after X days or after the server deletes it if you don't sync that folder. So what I've done is I sync a few such folders once a day.
FYI, I use Dovecot for my IMAP server, one mailbox IDLE, 4-5 sync once a day. I use Tasker to turn off Syncing at night and have K9 set to not sync when it's disabled so at night K9 doesn't receive mails, turns back on in the morning for me. And when I get certain emails in (based on subject, sender, etc) Tasker alerts me in special ways.
I don't really use the encryption/signing functionality, but it also works quite well paired with APG.
I just don't see why anyone wouldn't like it if they use IMAP. I assume POP would be a similar experience. Exchange can DIAF.
I swear by K9 Mail. Best email app I've ever used. Bonus for being open-source and updated frequently too.
If you are not satisfied with the market release version of K-9 you can always DL a newer version from the development web site.
You can view changes by clicking on the source tab and then the changes sub-tab.
I used K9 as my default email client on the Mytouch 3G. It is a really good, strong, and full of features application. I highly recommend it. Right now I'm using the default that came with the Mytouch 4G because it fits my needs.
Theres always Touchdown and this another one that I can't recall name of if you want to go paid route , K9 does everything and more for me so i've no complaints, The iphone mail app is PATHETIC! look for samsung mail (social mail app) if you want but so far the best is K9 and touchdown for exchange
The stock mail app on my Captivate can't access Yahoo!mail on WIFI and when I tried K9, it slowed my phone down to a crawl. Everything lagged so badly I had to uninstall after less than an hour. And yeah, lag disappeared right after I uninstalled K9.
SO yeah, I, too, am looking for a good mail app.
Try Seven.....it's been working great for me.
seven.com
A non-working link (you forgot the www) is a bad way to promote an app
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A non-working link (you forgot the www) is a bad way to promote an app
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yeah, so, seven.com works by itself, and any website that REQUIRES www. is super lame anyway.
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A non-working link (you forgot the www) is a bad way to promote an app
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He wasn't promoting an app. He was trying to help by suggesting a program he likes.
If you are to lazy to cut and paste or type it in, then just hi on using the email program you use now.
try seven... it's the default mail client that comes on all of the galaxy phones.
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He wasn't promoting an app. He was trying to help by suggesting a program he likes.
If you are to lazy to cut and paste or type it in, then just hi on using the email program you use now.
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Thanks dude...I figured smart people could figure out that I left the "WWW" out being I can't post links yet.
Again Seven works great for me. Try it.....
K-9 for sure.
K9 works good but not with Exchange 2010
Or there's always my app! Link is in my sig. I'm constantly working on it so new stuff is being added all the time.
For me without doubt Maildroid
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maildroid&feature=search_result
Does seven work with any phone
I use Kaiten Mail. Its made by the same developers as K9 I believe but its more intuitive
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g
Okay, so far I've tried just about every mail app I know. I wonder if I've missed any...
In-built app:
- Basic functionality
Moxier:
- Doesn't send any emails! (useless error msg and no help from web)
- No decent widgets
- Clunky interface
RoadSync/Touchdown:
- Horrible interface
- Cannot select multiple recipients!
Surely there must be a client out there like the HTC Desire client that actually works well and gives proper functionality.
Or am I missing something??
Ferg.
code.google.com/p/k9mail/ has always worked for me with MSN, AOL and Yahoo.
Seven is the best one I have tried so far...
http://community.seven.com/main.php
Touchdown allows multiple recipients.
The interface is clunky though, especially in dual-pane mode. Still, I always end up going back to Touchdown for my corp email. It just works.
I am using K-9 mail and its running like charm.
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Surely there must be a client out there like the HTC Desire client that actually works well and gives proper functionality.
Or am I missing something??
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Please define "proper functionality".
Ah, I guess by proper functionality I mean:
- Easy to access buttons for manipulating emails
- Can sync more than 1 month worth of email
- Can set periods for syncing (Push during the day, off at night)
- Doesn't show email text incredibly small (seemingly at random) and then not word-wrap properly
- Actually moves/deletes objects when you ask it to, not when it manages to contact the Exchange server again
etc.
There are a lot of shortcomings with the in-built app, I think.
I forgot to mention I'm using Activesync, not Gmail/Hotmail or POP3 etc.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone; I'll check them out.
Ferg.
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Touchdown allows multiple recipients.
The interface is clunky though, especially in dual-pane mode. Still, I always end up going back to Touchdown for my corp email. It just works.
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Yeah, the interface is very clunky, and annoying that when you first start it it wastes most of the screen with the preview pane (which I don't think you can switch off permanently).
Multiple recipient - if I remember correctly, you can't multi-select from the address book. Am I mistaken?
If you can use IMAP with your Exchange server (and I doubt that'd be an issue at most companies), K-9 mail probably fits most of what you're looking for. I use it with Push for my Exchange account, and it's pretty much instant and doesn't waste battery polling for mail. You can enable larger buttons for multi-select and starring mail, and I find it to be pretty decent. Now I wish it would do the landscape view that the Samsung app does, but otherwise, I love it.
Is there any way to copy and paste in the standard email app?
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If you can use IMAP with your Exchange server (and I doubt that'd be an issue at most companies), K-9 mail probably fits most of what you're looking for. I use it with Push for my Exchange account, and it's pretty much instant and doesn't waste battery polling for mail.
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TBH, it's unlikely IMAP will use less battery than ActiveSync. AS sends only a small amount of data every 15mins or so to keep the session open; IMAP's the one that needs to poll constantly. Unless it's IMAP Idle, which Exch doesn't do.
Not sure I can/would want to use IMAP on my hosted Exchange account but I guess it's an option. Just a bit married to AS, what with it being my job. ;-)
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Is there any way to copy and paste in the standard email app?
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If you long-press in the body, it gives you a kind of select thing, but it's hit and miss. Sometimes seems to select a whole line, in which case you touch it again and it copies it; sometimes gives you the nice select tool that you can expand etc but no way I can see of copying the text!
i use k9 and i like it. except strangely on the tab when i reply to all, i also get the reply (which annoys me a bit). yet on my N1 k9 doesn't behave this way.
The IMAP is done through PUSH, not PULL, so it's not sending anything until the server tells it it has something for it (well, technically I think it's set to every 60 minutes send a small ping to keep things alive, but only if it hasn't gotten any messages for 60 minutes). AS is great when it's set up. I actually run my own Exchange server at home (actually 2000 still running on an old dual P3 box that keeps chugging away), and it's a lot easier in a small environment to configure/maintain IMAP over AS there. I love AS when IT has to maintain it for me though, and when I have a device. Maybe I'll have a big ARM tablet running Windows Next using AS
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I am using K-9 mail and its running like charm.
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+1. I've always liked the K9 client.
Cool to see I am not the only one complaining...
I come from a TP2 and a great Exchange 2010 setup. The terrible email client of the Tab makes me regret my efficient TP with pocket outlook from WM6.5
Honestly pOutlook is an incredibly good email client. I never realized until I got my tab...
Then we need a serious calendar app and a serious contact app
Disappointing software on Android so far... (It's my first Android device)
Aye, I think all of the Android mail apps are comparatively poor except the Desire one.
But I don't regret swapping WM for Android in a million years. Battery life, rebooted to keepit going,buggy **** software...
Bugless - okay, so I guess it's IMAP idle you're using. I don't have that option, although standard IMAP would work it's not ideal.
Poo. Just have to put IP with the native client or Touchdown.
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Touchdown allows multiple recipients.
The interface is clunky though, especially in dual-pane mode. Still, I always end up going back to Touchdown for my corp email. It just works.
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Zoinks, I can ENTER multiple recipients, but cannot SELECT multiple recipients from any address book.
Am I missing something, or is this the case? If that's the way it's meant, that makes it useless. :-(
Try "Seven". Only available as a beta at the moment I think, but you can get it from:
http://www.seven.com/howtoget.html
Seems like a good app. Will sync contacts & calendar to the local device too, also works as an IM app for GTalk and MSN.
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Try "Seven". Only available as a beta at the moment I think, but you can get it from:
http://www.seven.com/howtoget.html
Seems like a good app. Will sync contacts & calendar to the local device too, also works as an IM app for GTalk and MSN.
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May be, but it says it only works through OWA..! Seems a weird way to access Exchange in this day and age. Must have been to stingey to pay for the ActiveSync licence.
Pardon if this is a stupid question, but this is my first foray into Honeycomb territory. Is there a way to get the old-fashioned, Gingerbread style Gmail app on the 7.0+?
One of the things I liked most about using the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet was the Gmail app. On a phone, the Gmail app is good but there's only so much text you can see at once at a decent size. But on a 7" tablet, suddenly everything is quite roomy, and I can use a larger font size AND see more than twice as much. It makes for a relaxing read, with the comfort of a piece of paper. No cramming.
Imagine my dismay when I launch Gmail on the 7.0+ and find that the extra space has been used for panes. I now get a list of labels, something almost worthless to me, taking 1/3rd of the screen in portrait, and forcing all the subject lines to be squished and truncated. In landscape, it's not as bad, but I often have to scroll left-right on HTML emails, and then there's lots of scroll scroll scroll. It's much harder to get a good picture of my inbox when I can only see 6 messages at a time instead of 15.
So.. does anyone know how to turn off the preview panes in the Honeycomb Gmail? Or get the Gingerbread gmail working on the 7.0+? I tried installing the Gmail apk pulled from my Kindle, but it just FCs. I'm guessing due to framework differences. Ideas?
I would very much appreciate knowing how to do this as well.
This one issue (Gmail being heavily used) is enough to make me seriously consider going back to the Kindle Fire. argghh!
I looked, doesnt seem possible. If it was me, id use a different client that specifically supports gmail, or the web (i dont think the web supports push however)
Thanks for looking otamtech. I wonder if the ICS Gmail is configurable, since it's supposed to be for both phones and tabs, and obviously panes on phones would be completely out of the question. I could probably manage to get by if I knew there was light at the end of the tunnel.
I haven't seen any other email client which handles threading nearly as well as Gmail, though I'm most familiar with K-9 Mail. K-9 Mail does do a good job with push notifications. Suggestions?
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Thanks for looking otamtech. I wonder if the ICS Gmail is configurable, since it's supposed to be for both phones and tabs, and obviously panes on phones would be completely out of the question. I could probably manage to get by if I knew there was light at the end of the tunnel.
I haven't seen any other email client which handles threading nearly as well as Gmail, though I'm most familiar with K-9 Mail. K-9 Mail does do a good job with push notifications. Suggestions?
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I use k9 also, just because it doesnt thread like gmail -lol. I HATE the way gmail threads its "conversations". i guess its because I am old-school, and havent had the patience for the learning curve. My job transitioned to gmail, and the only way its bearable to me is because i use the gapps outlook connector.
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Hey, i was looking at the stock email app and you can move that preview pane away and get your screen realestate back. Hope that helps.
Yeah, I saw the stock email app lets you move it (though it pops back out every time you come back to the app..), but it's pretty crappy compared to K-9, so might as well use K-9 in that case.
I actually don't like threading for my personal email, but for my work email I find it extremely valuable, since some threads end up 20 messages long. Also, LOVE 'mute' function, which makes it so any thread muted won't reappear in your inbox unless your name specifically is added to the recipients list. Great for all those 'congrats!!!' time email threads that endlessly have new pointless messages.
Doesn't seem possible at first glance to use the old Gmail either since it seems to depend on the old libs.
Tried out the ICS Gmail leaked here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1376958 ), don't know if it's the latest version. The left pane is slightly less wide due to it using a smaller font. The right pane uses the smaller font too, so more readable text, but the subject is REALLY deemphasized, to the point of just looking like message text, with the participants being featured larger.
The weird thing though.. open messages that are already local on the device (as in, I just closed them), and you get 1) spinning clock briefly 2) the message slowly fades in (animation). Both of which make opening messages slower. The completely pointless fade-in animation wastes a half second alone. I tried turning window animations off and it had no effect.
WTF is Google thinking? The Gingerbread Gmail has no such delays. Tap and bam, it's open. No loading, no fade-in.
Don't know if the 'final' ICS Gmail (since it's out now) improves on this. Don't have a copy to try.
Finally went back to the familiar K-9. I use it on my phone as well. Still works the best for me.
Doesn't the stock Email client just hide the preview panel when a email is opened in landscape?
Just wonering, what's the benefit of switching to K9? I tried that long time ago but reverted back to samsung Email client on my SGS1.
amtrakcn, stock email client can hide the pane, but isn't nearly as configurable as K-9 Mail, especially for something like Gmail where you need to bind certain actions to unusual behaviors to make everything work straight. It's too bad the Gmail app doesn't just let you slide the pane away like the stock email app does. wtf Google?
(not to mention in ICS switching from menus with largest touch targets and descriptive labels, to permanent wasted screen space with menu bars full of tiny icons that have no description).
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amtrakcn, stock email client can hide the pane, but isn't nearly as configurable as K-9 Mail, especially for something like Gmail where you need to bind certain actions to unusual behaviors to make everything work straight. It's too bad the Gmail app doesn't just let you slide the pane away like the stock email app does. wtf Google?
(not to mention in ICS switching from menus with largest touch targets and descriptive labels, to permanent wasted screen space with menu bars full of tiny icons that have no description).
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Not sure about the unusual behaviors. I'm pretty happy with the Samsung Email client and configured all my gmail account with exchange.
Also you may want to try Kaiten mail by K9 dogwalkers, I think it's K9 for tablets.
I do agree with the las part. I think Google is just so bad at UI design. They just implement fancy pics and animations, ignore how unintuitive the UI has become.
So I have had my 12.2 since the second week of April. My 2 week return period came and went as I do like this tablet a lot. Coming from an iPad and working in a MS world I really loathe the Samsung default email client. The font size is horrificly large. The font settings in the client and the system itself seem to have little to no effect making it look fugly. (yes im aware this is an opinion)
Outlook is great on my phone but looks like a** on this tablet.
I am a Hotmail/Outlook user (I do have gmail but been forwarding to Outlook for 2 years now and I suppose I could go back and try the Google client if need be)
I was curious as to what other clients the other 12.2 users are rocking...
*note - not rooted........yet*
First, try changing to a different font other than default. There are several which come with the P900, as well as a large number you can buy on the playstore for 99 cents. Some make the default Samsung email client quite usable IMO.
That said, look at cloud magic. It's a great all in one solution.
I use Aquamail. It has a number of user configurable items and seems to work very well. For Web outlook connected to my enterprise account I use OWM Web email.
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I second Aquamail. I've tried a handful of exchange compatible ones and this one is currently tops on my list followed by Touchdown.
K-9 for me, using IMAP servers. Took a little digging to figure out how to configure a couple of things, but once I did, it's been very intuitive and flawless for me.
ericbergan said:
K-9 for me, using IMAP servers. Took a little digging to figure out how to configure a couple of things, but once I did, it's been very intuitive and flawless for me.
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I love K-9 too, but they need to release a tablet UI skin. The mobile UI leaves a lot to be desired when you go into tablet portrait mode.
Shaderach said:
I love K-9 too, but they need to release a tablet UI skin. The mobile UI leaves a lot to be desired when you go into tablet portrait mode.
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I almost always use it in landscape on the tablet, so less of an issue. Just wish I could get some of the "Send..." options like Reply as visible commands!
Derp. I meant landscape mode. Yeah, so we agree. K-9 needs a tablet skin!
wingdo said:
First, try changing to a different font other than default. There are several which come with the P900, as well as a large number you can buy on the playstore for 99 cents. Some make the default Samsung email client quite usable IMO.
That said, look at cloud magic. It's a great all in one solution.
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Does cloudmagic work with multiple exchange calendars? Currently I'm using Touchdown and generally it works OK but my exchange account at work has calendars for meetings, on-call shifts, car use, and a bunch of other stuff. I haven't had any luck as of yet locating an app that could do this. Despite that KitKat supposedly supports it.
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Elo
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enroh said:
(I do have gmail but been forwarding to Outlook for 2 years now and I suppose I could go back and try the Google client if need be)
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i'll add my vote for k-9. been using it for awhile, does everything and works really well with multiple accounts from multiple sources (9 email addresses spread over gmail, yahoo, and live) keeps everything color coded and organized so i know exactly what came from where.
google client... ugh. as far as i know there is still no way to disable 'conversation view'; where it group emails together in coversations with newest on the bottom, so you're guaranteed to NOT notice new messages and be unable to find anything.
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I could never get K9 to work with the exchange servers my company uses. I've tried a few others including purchasing licenses Touchdown and Moxier. I ended up settling with Aquamail which seems to be the most stable and reliable app yet for my needs. The widget settings are just right as are the theme settings (I like transparent scrolling widgets and dark app themes) and the UI itself works well on tablets.
[email protected] works great!
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NINE
Heppieboeddah said:
NINE
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+1