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New Mail Notification of Droid (Gmail)

RGMetro

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Nov 6, 2009
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i'm used to my BB which changes the gmail icon to one with an asterisk when i have new emails on gmail.

the droid (android) does not. there's a pop up in the notifier bar but after that disappears there's not way to tell quickly if there's new mail received.

is there anything i'm missing or an app that can notify me on the home screen that there's new email in my gmail inbox?
 
I bought the Droid. It's great except for the fact that there is no new message notifications.

We have this as Issue 4190 - android/Droid Gmail Notifications Bug

Each vote will tell Google how important this is to us. Please vote! Sign in to your gmail account and click on the star for your vote.

If you want alerts or notifications this is the only way we will get them to do it.
 
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On the Hero (I'm assuming Droid too), you can place a shortcut onto any screen that is associated with an e-mail account inbox. When that particular account receives new mails(based on your frequency setting for retrievals) it will show with the indicator and number of e-mails waiting.

Just long press the screen where you want it, goto shortcut, mail inbox and then choose the account you have setup on the phone you want associated with this short cut. Whoola!


I think that is what you are looking for(?), hope it helps.

Regards
 
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Why aren't you all using the default email app? I use it to manage 4 different accounts. As add each account, I am asked to name the account as well as out going name for each account. The is also an option to make one of those account the default one. Each account will be color coded for easy recognition. As I get incoming mail, gmail, or text an respective icon will show in the status bar. You can then chose to view each item individually or as a group. Each account have individulal settings for retrieval and notification.

I hope I answered some questions and not confused you some more.
 
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Why are you all using the default email app? I use it to manage 4 different accounts. As add each account, I am asked to name the account as well as out going name for each account. The is also an option to make one of those account the default one. Each account will be color coded for easy recognition. As I get incoming mail, gmail, or text an respective icon will show in the status bar. You can then chose to view each item individually or as a group. Each account have individulal settings for retrieval and notification.

I hope I answered some questions and not confused you some more.

what app are we supposed to use if not the default email app? i believe we are all using the default gmail app not the regular email app but yes you did confuse me more!
 
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