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Gmail 114
AUG-2.0.0-100 Android User’s Guide
Gmail is different
Gmail is web-based
Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you
read, write, and organize messages using the Gmail application on your phone or
using a web browser on a computer. Because your mail is stored on Google servers,
you can also search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of
Google search.
Actions you take in one place are reflected everywhere: for example, if you read a
message in Gmail on your phone, it’s marked as read in a web browser; a message
you send using a web browser, or even a draft of a message, is visible in Gmail on
the phone.
Gmail is conversation-based
Each message and all replies to it are grouped
in your Inbox as a single conversation. In other email applications, replies to
messages are sprinkled across your inbox, typically by date received, so a message
and the replies to it are separated by other messages. In this way Gmail makes is
easier to follow the “thread” of a conversation.
Gmail is organized by labels, not folders
By tagging messages with
labels, you can organize your conversations in as many ways as you want. In other
email applications, each message can live only in one folder. For example, with Gmail
you can label a conversation with your mother about your brother’s birthday
present with both “Mom” and “Dave.” Later, you can look for the message under
either label. Using folders, you’d have to store the message in the “Mom” folder or
the “Dave” folder, not both.
Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile: use the web to
organize Gmail
The best place to organize and learn about Gmail is the web.
For example, you can’t use the Gmail application on the phone to create the labels
and filters you use to organize your messages, but you can label a message. Gmail
on the web also offers a host of information about the service, so it’s the best place
to learn about all of the features of Gmail.
Gmail is for Gmail
Of course you can use Gmail to send email to any email
address and anyone can send email to you at your Gmail address, but if you want to
read messages from another email service provider (using your AOL, Yahoo!, or
other email account), use the Email application (see “Email” on page 159).