I love the new Gmail tabbed inbox. It works great in my browser and in the new Gmail 4.5 app on my Nexus 7. But, when I was ready to update my Desire Z running CM7 (Gingerbread), I found out that it's only available for Android 4.0 and up. On the web, my newsletters, social media updates and my important stuff all get nicely sorted. On my phone, everything gets thrown in one inbox. This sucks!
I used to solve this by creating filters for notifications, newsletters and other unimportant stuff that make e-mails skip the inbox and get labeled. I got rid of these filters because the automatic and intelligent sorting works better and actually learns overtime. It just sucks it doesn't work at all on my phone. It completely ruins the experience.
I wonder if there is any hack to install Gmail 4.5 on Gingerbread or if there's anything in development to make it backwards compatible. I don't see why it shouldn't work. After all, the new inboxes are basically glorified labels. Going to ICS or JB on my Desire Z is no option for me. I tried that before and it just doesn't work out for me for daily use.
I used to solve this by creating filters for notifications, newsletters and other unimportant stuff that make e-mails skip the inbox and get labeled. I got rid of these filters because the automatic and intelligent sorting works better and actually learns overtime. It just sucks it doesn't work at all on my phone. It completely ruins the experience.
I wonder if there is any hack to install Gmail 4.5 on Gingerbread or if there's anything in development to make it backwards compatible. I don't see why it shouldn't work. After all, the new inboxes are basically glorified labels. Going to ICS or JB on my Desire Z is no option for me. I tried that before and it just doesn't work out for me for daily use.
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