GMail on iPhone gets IMAP upgrade with firmware 1.1.3

by Chris Davies on January 17, 2008





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GMail gets IMAP on iPhoneIf you're both an iPhone and GMail user then you might have another reason to eschew any illicit unlocking and go straight for the 1.1.3 firmware upgrade: it quietly changes the connection between the Google email service and the Apple handset from POP to IMAP.  Basically, that means that any changes performed on the iPhone - such as marking emails as read - are mirrored on the desktop GMail interface, and vice-versa.

"If you configured Gmail access on your iPhone by tapping the large 'Gmail' icon in mail setup, please note that installing software update 1.1.3 will automatically convert Gmail on your iPhone from POP access to IMAP access. This means that actions you take on your iPhone will now sync with actions in your Gmail web interface (i.e. messages you read on your iPhone will show up as 'Read' in the web interface). This also means that messages you delete on your iPhone will be moved to the Trash folder in the Gmail web interface, and thus deleted after 30 days. Please exercise caution when deleting messages, as this behavior is markedly different from POP access" Google FAQ

[via Krunker]

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1 Josh 01.18.08 at 2:35 am

FYI - Ever since gmail did their upgrade to this service a few months ago, you have been able to use IMAP gmail with the iPhone - you just have to set it up manually with the “other” tab. So, if you don’t want to “break” your iphone (not that I am encouraging that - mine is unhacked) to get that feature, you don’t have to.

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