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Native Gmail app for iPhone

November 1st, 2011 by Joseph Ruthaford

One thing that has not been part of the iPhone apps has been a native gmail app. Well never fear it looks like it is finally here. Sources I have read are saying the app is in its final stages and has already been submitted to Apple for review. From all the sources it is said that yes the app will be approved by Apple and we could be seeing this gmail app shortly. The native Gmail app will likely bring other key functionality as well: like Priority Inbox and one-click starring of messages. Other possibilities include some of the stuff Google is about to roll out for Gmail proper: like contact icons, better threading, and deep searching functionality. Maybe there will even be some Google+ integration, which Google is also hard at work on for Gmail.

Google doesn’t have the greatest track record with their iOS apps (they’re often full of bugs and fairly ugly to boot). But again, all indications are that this is a good one. And I believe it’s the first one built after Google’s new commitment to design as a core feature across all of their products.

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