Google updates Gmail for iPhone, iPod touch

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Google has been fine-tuning its mobile in-browser Gmail experience on the iPhone andiPod touch for years, and over the course of time, the addition here and modification there has added up to a very usable inbox experience in the spirit of Gmail on the desktop, if not its identical feature sets and dimensions. 

This week's tweaks focus on iPhone and iPod touch handsets running iOS 4 in English. They nail down the design of the navigation menu, which Google has been experimenting with on its iPhone-optimized Web site for the past few weeks. Now, the toolbar is fixed in place while you scroll, rather than following after you scroll through a message or the inbox.


Google also performed some backend tune-ups on the scrolling speed to cut out the lag time between the motion of your finger and the motion of the inbox contents. We won't deny it: There's no delay.

We'll still use the email inbox on our iPhone 4, but we will say that the mobile Gmail experience is improving, one tweak and turn at a time. Share This Post on Twitter Just Click Tweet Button