Hi doughnuts,
First of all, removing the apps that Orange have put on there is something I would also love to do, except you need root access to the phone to be able to do that and I'm not aware of the tattoo being rooted yet.
Secondly, the GMail app is probably crashing because it does not have permission to access the Download Manager. I've had the same issue when attempting to download attachments. Only applications that have been appropriately signed or installed to the system are allowed access to the Download Manager, but because we have manually installed the GMail app, it exists in the user data partition not in the system. The only way to install GMail back to the system would be with root access, same old problem!
It's very frustrating that Orange have modified the phones in this way. Maybe if HTC release a ROM update in the future it will restore the standard functionality of the phone, but who knows when that will be.
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