Hi All, I have used probably every imaginable operating system on mobiles over the last 7 years. I typically change phones every 3 months. I am also business executive that uses smart phones to review over 500 emails daily, on average.
I am writing this post as I am really looking forward to Android and I hope either an Android developer or the Google team will review this feedback. All of the email solutions I have tried are lacking in some way. For me the biggest frustration has been synchronization of "email flags" with Imap Server. The following platforms do not support this feature 1) Blackberry (any model) 2) Nokia (Symbian) 3) Iphone (currently anyway) 4) Microsoft WM6 (not sure about this one actually, please let me know, might work with Exchange only). Palm currently seems to be the only OS that has this functionality (with third party email software - Snapper or Chattermail) Why is this so important to business professionals? Well, when you are reviewing 500 emails a day and most have attachements it is not realistic to review them all on any of the above device, which means you need to be able to Flag a message for later review. Without this feature it is incredibly difficult to decipher which messages require further actions. I hope that whatever email APP is released for Android it has this feature included. Below is a list of some of the other "Must Have" features that I hope to see on Android email. 1) IMAP IDLE (To allow for automatic push email with no extra service provider needed). 2) Partial message download (Meaning you can choose to download only 4k, 8k of a message and then choose to download more if you need to.) This is different from downloading headers only. Same for attachments, must have the option to decide if you want attachments in or not. Needs to be configurable by the user. 3) Various Header views - many programs only show the FROM: at the top of the email. It is also very important to see the TO: and CC: fields in a simple manner 4) Full set of short cut keys. Any App that does not have short cuts keys is really useless for business people reading large volumes of emails. Reply, Reply to All, New, Forward, Delete, Next, Previous, FLAG, etc. etc. 5) BCC: automatically on Send (this is a standard feature, but it should be mentioned). 6) @ Sign - when you are typing in an email address field and you press SPACE, it will insert an "@" instead (like blackberry). Very useful 7) Font Sizes - Fully configurable font sizes for the message, folders and headers. This is partial list of those features that I typically see are missing from one program or another. I am yet to see a program that has all of them in one. If anyone is working with the Android internal team, please pass this message to them. I am hoping Android will be the last OS I have to switch to. Thanks....until then my search continues. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
