Just downloaded the new version of Gmail Mobile and so far all I can say is “wow”! Much better than the previous versions, and I’ve tried several on my Sony Ericsson P1i. There was always something wrong with them (no full screen, loads too long, blocks in the middle of work, I couldn’t just enter an email address, but had to save it in contacts first, etc).

This new version loads in a couple of seconds (with a loading indicator - neat ), and goes full screen right away. Additionally, the interface is automatically set for my language (Serbian Cyrillic) which is also nice. The menu is much better organized, and most of all, I like the fact I can now enter an email address without having to put it in my address book first, something that annoyed me very much in the previous versions. There are some other goodies as well, such as easy search through email archive, and switching between multiple Gmail accounts (!), offline email drafting and reading of recent messages. Also there are neat shortcuts for those with a QWERTY or other similar keyboards.

If you haven’t already, switch to the new version, it’s a lot better! Here are the links for download and more information:

Download from here
More info on the Google Mobile blog

Update: just realized I forgot to mention touch scrolling. Yes, finally you can now scroll through your inbox using your finger, provided you have a touch screen mobile phone. Oh, what a joyful upgrade!

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