Google Gmail for J2ME and BlackBerry Has New Features Including Offline Reading & Writing

gmail-mobile-2.pngAccording to the Google Mobile Blog, Goggle has released Gmail for mobile version 2.0
for J2ME-supported and BlackBerry phones. The rearchitected
the entire client to push all the processing to the background, greatly
improve the client-side caching scheme and optimize every bottleneck
piece of code we came across.

So, what does this all mean for you?

  • Overall performance improvement:
  • Multiple accounts management:
    Users can easily
    switch between Gmail and Google Apps accounts.
  • Multiple mobile email drafts:
  • Powerful shortcut keys: QWERTY phone users can use shortcut keys. Hit 'z' to undo,
    'k' to go to a newer conversation, and 'j' to go to an older
    conversation. See Menu/Help in the app for more shortcuts.
  • Basic offline support: User can compose and read r most
    recent emails even when there is no signal. Also, any outgoing messages
    will be saved in the outbox on your phone and sent automatically when
    you're back in coverage.

Gmail for mobile 2.0 is available in over 35 languages now. Please note, though, that not all features are available for all phones.

Go to m.google.com/mail in your mobile browser to download the new Gmail for mobile for your phone.