Push notification gMail on iPhone!
July 7th, 2009TechCrunch is reporting that a new application will allow push email notification for gmail on the iPhone. The system apparently uses the IMAP IDLE function and sits in the background allowing the authors server to ping your phone when an email comes. The only drawback is that you have to give away your username and password to a third company. We are still not sure how secure that will be.
The app, called GPush has been submitted to the appstore for vetting. Who knows whether Apple will agree to it. As push gmail is already available on other phones maybe there is some reason why Apple are allowing Yahoo but not Google. Anyway, it would be welcome for all us gmail users who are willing to risk our passwords and need instant gmail, not being able to wait 15 minutes for the system to dial in. Watch this space. I’ll keep you updated on when this app is available.
