MetroMail becomes the first full-featured Gmail app for Windows Phone 8

Allow's put aside a moment the disdain many here have for Google and their products. The fact is, a lot of businesses, companies, organizations and even individuals rely on Gmail for their email service and while Windows Telephone supports Google Mail directly, information technology doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Gmail has on the web.

This forenoon, MetroMail has get available for Windows Phone 8 users. Mind you, this is no web-wrapper, just a native customer. We've been beta testing it for a few weeks now and indeed, information technology's quite a robust app for those who need all the power of Gmail on their Windows Telephone.

MetroMail comes from the developer behind MetroTalk, one of the best Google Vox clients for Windows Telephone. He'southward spent considerable time on the app, making certain it meets all the needs of those who need archiving, labels or stars on their letters.

Currently the app is running for $0.99 with no free trial, simply earlier you recoil, this was washed on purpose to limit the initial strain on the push server (yeah, this is push button Gmail). Later, a trial and perhaps fifty-fifty a free ad-supported version may come up. Likewise for a Windows Store App version for you Surface fans. So what does MetroMail feature?

Splendid support for archiving, starred emails, and labels
Support for inbox tabs (e.g. Primary, Social, Promotions)
No more than broken threads when replying to emails
Server-side search functionality with support for advanced Gmail search operators
Toast notifications support for new emails
Back up for multiple From addresses within the same account
Proper rendering of long HTML emails
Possible to concatenate multiple accounts under 1 unread counter (for use with a unmarried live tile or the lock screen)

The app is slightly more sluggish compared to the barren native app on Windows Phone, but it's non necessarily a bad thing when you lot consider that you're getting the full Gmail feel. Scrolling is excellent, in that location is just a chip of delay to pull down the information for each message one time you open it. The blueprint of the app is very clean and should brand nearly Modern UI fans quite happy.

MetroMail is simply starting off also as the developer is already working on the first update, which should bring server-side drafts back up, performance improvements, and attachments support (express at first, and it could be "tricky").

Over all, MetroMail is a solid start to a fully-featured Gmail customer for Windows Telephone. While a lot of users will exist happy with the native customer, for those who need a "power" app to admission all of the Gmail tools, this may be your ticket.

Option up MetroMail for Windows Phone eight hither in the Store. 99 cents, no gratuitous trial (coming later).

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