Google Rushes Gmail App For iOS And Botches The Release

Earlier today Google announced that the long rumored Gmail app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch was available in the iTunes App Store. A few hours later Google had to eat their words and pull the app from the store as several bugs were found.

I expect that some time in the next week or two the app will re-appear in the App Store, so when it does, why should one install it? The iOS Mail app is capable of retrieving and sending e-mail with Gmail accounts but it doesn’t support all of Gmail’s features like labels and priority inbox or doesn’t support them in the same way as one normally does with Gmail.

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