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Gmail and Google Apps mail Push comes to iPhone

The Active Sync 'end round' that Google used to get calendar and contact sync to work on the iPhone is now being used to get push Gmail.

Google licensed Microsoft's Active Sync so it could sync its messaging services with iPhones and other devices that support Microsoft Exchange (oh the irony!).  however, those with an Exchange account already on their phone won't be able to use this service because the iPhone only supprts one Exchange account.

The service pretends it is an Exchange Server (or acts like one).  Everything you've seen the iPhone do in regard to Exchange Email, Calendar and Contacts can now be done with a Google Apps or Gmail account.

Today, they announced that Mail services are now working.  You can activate Google Push on your iPhone by following the steps on Google's updated help pages.

Just as an aside, it would be nice if Apple supported Google's push email service natively like a few other phones have.

 

What People Are Saying

So remind me again why Apple

So remind me again why Apple is ripping people off $99/year for Mobile Me? Please tell me it is not just for some relatively gimmicky find-my-phone service.

OK. i'll remind you again.

I use MobileMe to host my web site and my photo and movie gallery. I use it for on-line backups, for facilitating the transfer of large files and folders of files from and to friends and associates. I use it to sync my calendars, contacts, bookmarks, and mail accounts between my, and my wife's, iphones, MacbookPro & iMac, and the web based apps (calendar, etc.).

I use it for push e-mail to my iPhone and for Back-to-my-Mac for access to my office Mac from anywhere I want. I use the iDisk to hold files that I can access from my iPhone without having to have them on the phone.

Oh, yea, I can find my phone if lost or stolen, and lock it or wipe it remotely if need be.

It's a bargain at $99/year, and an even better bargain for $149/year for 5 users (less than $30 apiece)

It does some other stuff too, but I only use it for the stuff I mentioned. Let me know when you need reminding again. Happy to help.

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useless if you already have another exchange account set up

So this is not a google complaint, more of an apple one. I already have my corporate exchange server set up on my iphone. The iPhone only allows one exchange server, so no push for me.

not a big deal

The Gmail/calendar "push" feature has worked seamlessly on my Palm Pre for the past few months.