Google is rewarding feature phone users with a new look for
mobile Gmail.
Those who still flip open their cell phone to check email
can expect a simpler experience, according to Google product manager Ari
Bezman.
In a blog post, Bezman revealed "a number of
improvements," including fewer button presses required to read, reply to,
and compose emails. Users can now reply directly to a message from the thread
view, choose to move to the previous or next conversation, and other smartphone-like
functions.
In place of a Gmail-specific app, feature phone users can
simply type "mail.google.com" into their mobile browser to see their
latest messages or write to someone while on the go. The function is especially
helpful in developing countries where smartphones haven't yet invaded.
This move comes a few months after Google revamped its
Web-based Gmail site, now with a tabbed inbox to help prioritize messages.
On the desktop, the tabs appear at the top of the Gmail
inbox, with categories like Social, Promotions, Updates, and Primary. Each
serves a different function — Social, for example, provides notifications about
tagged photos on Facebook, mentions on Google+, and requests from LinkedIn. The
same system later rolled out to iOS and Android mobile users.
Last month, the Web giant made headlines for a court filing
that some interpreted as an admission that Gmail users should have no
expectation of privacy while using the service. Google argued that, "just
as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the
recipient's assistant opens the letter," people can't exactly be shocked
if they're communications are processed over the course of its delivery.
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