Free text messaging from Gmail chat
Yet another new feature from Google Labs for Gmail. A couple of days ago we covered the new To-do List (Task List) feature of Gmail. Today, we are covering the free text messaging service.
Gmail Text Messaging is currently available for US phones only. Hopefully, they will extend this to other countries soon! Besides the regular [...]
Task Lists in Gmail
Google Labs is introducing some neat features into Gmail at a rapid pace. The latest one being the ability to store Task Lists in Gmail.
From the Gmail Blog:
People use Gmail to get stuff done, so we’ve added a lightweight way to keep track of what you need to do, right from within Gmail.
To enable tasks:
Go [...]
Gmail on your desktop
The Google Gadget for Gmail enables you to have Gmail running in your Windows sidebar.
You need to have Google Desktop 5 installed for this to work.
Not only can you read your emails, but you can do most of the Gmail operations — Compose, Forward, Reply, Mark as Spam, etc.
Google Desktop is available on Windows, Linux, [...]
Gmail adds themes support
The rate at which we are seeing new features added to Gmail is quite nice. The latest feature is the ability to select Themes.
There are limited number of themes currently, but this will surely increase in the coming days/weeks. I have switched to using the “Shiny” theme currently!
Which one are you using?
Gmail introduces voice and video chat
Gmail has introduced support for voice and video chat. Gmail Video chat will now take on Skype head on.
A video from the Gmail team on YouTube:
Gmail introduces support for smileys
Better late than never! Gmail finally introduced support for smileys on 23rd October.
Well…there isn’t much more to say about this. Head over to your Gmail account and use those smileys!
Offline support available in Gmail for Mobile 2.0
Google releases Gmail for Mobile Phones 2.0 with support for J2ME enabled phones and BlackBerry.
The new version has improved upon its client-side caching scheme to improve on the overall performance. It also introduces basic offline support that enables you to compose emails even if you are not connected to the network.
Other notable features include support [...]
Create canned responses with Gmail
Google Labs is rolling out interesting features on a consistent basis. A few weeks ago, they came up with Gmail Goggles and now its the turn for ‘Canned Responses‘.
If you find it difficult to manage the number of unread messages in your Gmail Inbox, this is a feature you will find very useful. You can [...]
Gmail Goggles is fun!
Google has over the years launched several tools that have become a part of our daily lives. Gmail is particular is one such application that I use daily.
Gmail Labs keeps coming out with interesting applications to try. One such one is called Mail Goggles. As per the website:
Google strives to make the world’s information useful. [...]
