Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store
by spolsky on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @10:00AM
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I'm totally confused. Doesn't this mean that Gmail only works when you're online? Which means... higher battery usage than a native email client, higher bandwidth usage, slower response time, doesn't work in airplanes, etc.?
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With offline storage it can work much like offline gmail using Gears on the desktop. That's more or less the point.
Google around for HTML5 and offline storage.
Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store
by briansmith on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @11:02AM
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That is the theory. Does it actually work on the iPhone/iPod touch when there is no connection?
Yes.
With the requisite warnings about "no connection present" duly dismissed (this is an iPod Touch 2.0, so no AT&T network backstopping it either), I can browse my GMail inbox, read messages, make changes, and perform seemingly any "normal" mail function all without a connection. Obviously will have to connect at some point for it to be useful, but can do everything but send/receive new messages while away from a network connection.