Hi all,
I'm wondering if someone could provide an overview of how GMail and GCalendar are integrated with WP7?
I've tried to find an article online that goes into more depth than simply adding gmail to your phone, but have come up empty handed.
I am a heavy user of GMail & GCal (both for personal and corporate use), and rely heavily on labels, stars, threaded email etc. So far, I haven't seen any indication that GMail on WP7 is anything more than just a view into a standard mail inbox, and it appears as though all of the features unique to GMail get lost.
Can anyone go into more detail about this? I realize I could use the browser to view my gmail, but that lack of integration would be a huge drawback from what appears to be a very "fluent & integrated" OS...
Oh, and to preface this all, I'm about a week or so from purchasing a new phone, and have recently played around with Android 2.2 & WP7. I love the interface with WP7 and believe most of the shortcomings will be addressed in OS updates, just as they were with Android & iOS. Android's interface, in comparison looks stone-aged, but is more feature rich, and more expandable. The Google Apps integration is a critical deciding factor for me. I was a bit disheartened to hear that MS has locked down the API's ability to integrate with the hubs - otherwise I would think it would be fairly easy to develop a GMail app that provides mail + unique gmail features?
Thanks for all your help.
I'm wondering if someone could provide an overview of how GMail and GCalendar are integrated with WP7?
I've tried to find an article online that goes into more depth than simply adding gmail to your phone, but have come up empty handed.
I am a heavy user of GMail & GCal (both for personal and corporate use), and rely heavily on labels, stars, threaded email etc. So far, I haven't seen any indication that GMail on WP7 is anything more than just a view into a standard mail inbox, and it appears as though all of the features unique to GMail get lost.
Can anyone go into more detail about this? I realize I could use the browser to view my gmail, but that lack of integration would be a huge drawback from what appears to be a very "fluent & integrated" OS...
Oh, and to preface this all, I'm about a week or so from purchasing a new phone, and have recently played around with Android 2.2 & WP7. I love the interface with WP7 and believe most of the shortcomings will be addressed in OS updates, just as they were with Android & iOS. Android's interface, in comparison looks stone-aged, but is more feature rich, and more expandable. The Google Apps integration is a critical deciding factor for me. I was a bit disheartened to hear that MS has locked down the API's ability to integrate with the hubs - otherwise I would think it would be fairly easy to develop a GMail app that provides mail + unique gmail features?
Thanks for all your help.