HTC Mail vs. Gmail App

[anywhereman]

Ok... so I've recently migrated to Android after several years of WinMo Standard - Windows CE - 5.0 - 6.0 - 6.1 - 6.5.

So far I like Android and I love this phone... never had anything has fast or with such a great screen.

With that being said I'm having several issues that I wanted to run by the people here and see what ya'll thought.

Quick setup background - I have two email accounts I like to use - Gmail and Yahoo. I have all of my conacts in gmail organized the way I like it. Also, I recently gave up on using MS Outlook to manage my contacts and calendar and now use Gmail and Google Calendar to manage those two exclusively.

So here goes my impression/questions/issues - hoping someone can shed some light on it.

In the past with WinMo I could set up POutlook to sync with gmail/g-calendar/google contacts by configuring m.google.com as my activesync/exchange server. Everything seemed to work great. Now however I cannot decide if I should set up the accounts on the INC to sync via exchange or google.

So first question - when using HTC Mail and setting up my gmail account as an exchange server account is it "true" push?

If it is why would anyone want to use the gmail app?

Next - when I set my calendar to sync via exchange it randomly takes my entries and duplicates them on places the duplicate on the day before the original one. Any idea why? When I remove the active sync calendar and have it sync with my google account everything is correct... this is strange to me since its pulling the same data from the same place, my google calendar.

I'm sure I'll add more confusing and rambling thoughts after I continue to mess with this thing.

Thanks!

 

[parkson]

from my understanding the gmail is instant push and the htc mail app refreshes every 5 minutes (minimum). if this makes a difference to you then it should make your decision easier. hope this helps

Ok... so I've recently migrated to Android after several years of WinMo Standard - Windows CE - 5.0 - 6.0 - 6.1 - 6.5.

So far I like Android and I love this phone... never had anything has fast or with such a great screen.

With that being said I'm having several issues that I wanted to run by the people here and see what ya'll thought.

Quick setup background - I have two email accounts I like to use - Gmail and Yahoo. I have all of my conacts in gmail organized the way I like it. Also, I recently gave up on using MS Outlook to manage my contacts and calendar and now use Gmail and Google Calendar to manage those two exclusively.

So here goes my impression/questions/issues - hoping someone can shed some light on it.

In the past with WinMo I could set up POutlook to sync with gmail/g-calendar/google contacts by configuring m.google.com as my activesync/exchange server. Everything seemed to work great. Now however I cannot decide if I should set up the accounts on the INC to sync via exchange or google.

So first question - when using HTC Mail and setting up my gmail account as an exchange server account is it "true" push?

If it is why would anyone want to use the gmail app?

Next - when I set my calendar to sync via exchange it randomly takes my entries and duplicates them on places the duplicate on the day before the original one. Any idea why? When I remove the active sync calendar and have it sync with my google account everything is correct... this is strange to me since its pulling the same data from the same place, my google calendar.

I'm sure I'll add more confusing and rambling thoughts after I continue to mess with this thing.

Thanks!

 

[jakeh0]

i had issues with gmail not pushing properly when set up as an exchange account via HTC mail. other than the push issue, i consider the HTC app superior in every way.

 

[HolyGrail]

I just set the HTC mail to manual, turn off the notifications to HTC mail. I set gmail it notification on, then every time gmail pushes in the mail I check it with the HTC mail. After I check it the notification goes away.

This way you can still use HTC mail without it waisting battery power every 5 minutes pull checking.

 

[HolyGrail]

I just set the HTC mail to manual, turn off the notifications to HTC mail. I let gmail push it notification still on, then check it with the HTC mail. After I check it the notification goes away.

 

[xxdesmus]

I just set the HTC mail to manual, turn off the notifications to HTC mail. I set gmail it notification on, then every time gmail pushes in the mail I check it with the HTC mail. After I check it the notification goes away.

This way you can still use HTC mail without it waisting battery power every 5 minutes pull checking.

Great idea! I'll have to remember this when my EVO arrives next week.

 

[jakeh0]

I just set the HTC mail to manual, turn off the notifications to HTC mail. I let gmail push it notification still on, then check it with the HTC mail. After I check it the notification goes away.

might do this. thanks for the idea

 

[jdoo]

If you set up your gmail account as an exchange account using m.google.com you can get push by changing your check frequency to "as arrive".

The issue I'm having is that the HTC Mail application wont open any attachments from my gmail account set up through exchange. I just get a message "The file cannot be opened because it is corrupted."

If I open with the gmail application it works fine

 

[Solomente]

As a regular Gmail user, I find the Android Gmail app is superior to the HTC mail app. It gives me the same features I have when using a computer... like marking a star on a conversation, viewing different labels, and since I have multiple email addresses that my Gmail account polls, the Gmail app lets me see which of my email addresses was the recipient. It's right there in the label on the email list, without having to open each mail and look at the address information.

If you don't use Gmail, or have multiple email addresses that AREN'T automatically polled by your Gmail account, I'd agree that HTC Mail is nice. But for me it takes away too many of the nice Gmail features that I use. My $.02

 

[HolyGrail]

If you set up your gmail account as an exchange account using m.google.com you can get push by changing your check frequency to "as arrive".

The issue I'm having is that the HTC Mail application wont open any attachments from my gmail account set up through exchange. I just get a message "The file cannot be opened because it is corrupted."

If I open with the gmail application it works fine

This doesn't push. It pulls. If you look closely you will see a refresh icon flash in your notification bar every 5 seconds. Extreme battery usage.

As far as opening up your attachments, set it for Imap. Its the only way I got it to work for attachments.

 

[HolyGrail]

As a regular Gmail user, I find the Android Gmail app is superior to the HTC mail app. It gives me the same features I have when using a computer... like marking a star on a conversation, viewing different labels, and since I have multiple email addresses that my Gmail account polls, the Gmail app lets me see which of my email addresses was the recipient. It's right there in the label on the email list, without having to open each mail and look at the address information.

If you don't use Gmail, or have multiple email addresses that AREN'T automatically polled by your Gmail account, I'd agree that HTC Mail is nice. But for me it takes away too many of the nice Gmail features that I use. My $.02

Expect copy and paste from it, which I use a lot.

 

[zeke1988]

i like gmail app, because there is a delete button haha

htc one need to hit menu and hit delete.

 

[Santinelli]

Gmail...

I found using the Gmail app and the HTC Mail separately, I was killing my battery faster.

What I ended up doing, was having GMail PULL my pop mail, and then I'd just pull it all through the gmail app. Helped my battery life a great deal.

Pro's - Everything in one place, Easy batch delete

Con's - I have to TELL it to load the entire message (Show Picture). In HTC I didn't have to do that.

Other than that, I'm happy to have everything centralized.