Push Gmail Comes To The iPhone — Through An App (If It’s Accepted)

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But for some reason, Google and Apple haven’t turned on the functionality for Gmail accounts on the iPhone. You fire it up, enter your Gmail username and password, and if you choose, you never have to open the actual app ever again. It technically works by using IMAP IDLE functionality which Gmail supports (but doesn’t on the iPhone for whatever reason). And while IMAP IDLE is generally thought to be not as good as actual push, GPush works pretty well. The developers promise that it uses SSL encryption to protect your password and send it to Google securely.

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