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Google enables push Gmail for the iPhone, finally
Well glory be. Google has enabled push e-mail for the iPhone. Ever since we started using the iPhone, we wished for this, and in the meantime used GPush, which was off to a rocky start but now works perfectly. Anyway, now there's no third-party app necessary, because Google worked around Apple and modified Google Sync, working through the Microsoft Exchange account on the iPhone to bring your e-mail messages instantly.
Now, those e-mails are updated in the same way you could previously sync your calendar and contacts. No more waiting around for those messages to be pulled at preselected intervals, or manually checking your e-mail — hooray! There's one catch: You can only use one Exchange client at a time, so if you use Microsoft Exchange at work, you can't use Exchange for push Gmail.
Nice, Google. Now if you can just figure out how to work around Apple's mulish refusal to approve a Google Voice dialer for the iPhone, justice will be done. I'm hearing a few people say GPush is faster than push Gmail over the Microsoft Exchange client, so I'm thinking I'll stick with GPush for now. Let us know about your experiences and comparisons in the comments.
Via TechCrunch
By Los Angeles Mover Org at 2:37 PM ON 09/22/09
By Adam at 11:40 PM ON 09/22/09
Um.... I've had gmail pushed to my iPhone for a few months now... Without gpush.
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By Vincent at 2:52 AM ON 09/23/09
Will this sync all calendars or just the main one? I have been using NuevaSync (www.nuevasync.com) to do this, will this be obsolete now?
By Adam at 5:33 AM ON 09/23/09
It will only sync the main calendar. Unfortunately it doesn't support any sort of synchronization for any additional calendars that you may be subscribed to, or have made in your Google Calendar utility.
By Vincent at 5:41 AM ON 09/23/09
Ah, too bad. I wonder why though, can't be that hard to have them sync all calendars.
I'll just stick with NuevaSync then.
By galactica2001 at 9:28 AM ON 09/23/09
You can only modify the main calendar from your iPhone, but you can view multiple other calendars from your iPhone's built in calendar app. After you set up the Exchange Server settings on your phone you go to http://m.google.com/sync from you iPhone. Here you shouldsee the iPhone in your list of devices. When you select the iPhone it will take you to a screen where you can check the calendars you want available on your iPhone's native calendar app. As I said before you can only enter new appointments and such from your iphone for the MAIN calendar, but you can view the other calendars on the iPhone. This is particular useful if yo are using Google Calendars new Contact's Birthdays or National Holiday calendars.
By ARF at 1:22 PM ON 09/23/09
What's frustrating is the iPhone's limitation of a single Exchange account. I'm using Exchange with Mail2Web for contacts and email, CalDav for Google Calendar, and IMAP for GMail, but wish I could have both services using Exchange.
I suspect many people using exchange to connect with business accounts would like to use Exchange to connect with their personal Google accounts, too.
By JC at 10:19 AM ON 10/01/09
I am finding confusing information online - I use google calendar and have 5 different calendar for kids activities. Is it possible to get all of those in the native calendar on the iphone? I don't need to edit them from the phone but I would like to see them without relying on web access to pull it up using the mobile google app because if I am in the school it doesnt work. Can someone help?
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