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Offline Gmail is now available

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by SciTech Shark in Web

Google has announced recently availability of Gmail – offline. This latest invention on part of Google raises value of e-mail services considerably. In past, many Gmail users had to use Internet connection to check their existing messages to re-read the communication, check for schedules, meeting or simply work on draft for the new e-mail message.

This may prove troublesome, especially for laptop users on the buses, trains or airplanes without Internet connection. That is why many business oriented users are choosing dedicated e-mail clients such as Outlook to get back to saved messages, calendar, etc. Google says: not anymore!

Google has announced that offline access to Gmail is now available and is being rolled out for users in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Gmail offline came freshly baked from Google Labs and will allow users to not only read and archive old emails but users will be able to compose emails that can be sent automatically the next time the computer connects to the Internet.

Also, we have great news for individuals recording schedule in Google calendar. The company is curently working on integrating calendar with offline version of Google as well.

I wonder where this puts Outlook? Will offline services from Google eliminate a need for dedicated e-mail clients? Will Microsoft follow Google’s idea and bake something similar into their existing Windows Live?

What do You think?

Tags: business, Calendar, e-mail, Gmail, Google, Labs, offiline, Outlook