UPDATED 11:20 EDT / SEPTEMBER 14 2010

What’s Up with Gmail on Android Phones?

G-Mail has trekked through huge chunks of the international web 2.0 demographics since its early birth, and has taken over them with all the pride and glory so characteristic to Google. With Smart phones getting smarter, users becoming more and more demanding and competition getting fiercer by the minute, Google seems to have switched off its solidarity button, as indicated by this latest Android news break:

The first devices affected were Nexus One, HTC Desire (the desire minus the functioning e-mail client), Droid Incredible, Sprint Evo 4G, and Droid 2, but as it turns out, ‘it’ is likely to spread as more and more devices get upgraded.

“If you recently received your Froyo OTA you may want to check to see if you’re affected by a nasty little bug in the Gmail application by which any secondary accounts don’t sync automatically…What’s most frustrating is that while this bug affects Android, it’s not part of Android itself, so the community can’t take a look and find a quick and dirty hack while waiting for a more permanent fix from Google — the Gmail apk is closed-source and Google property.”

Despite the flood of at best temporary fixes, Google has not been able to contain its haywire mail client, as the unfortunate G-Mail has suffered from bugs even on PCs for quite some time now. This forces users to turn to alternative, third-part clients (e.g. K-9), as these bugs were not and probably are not being taken as seriously as needed by this mega-corporation just yet.

The small matter of stabilizing Android needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. Considering the amount of devices supporting it in addition to the number of Android tablets expected to launch around the holiday shopping season this year, it’s an ongoing issue that Google must continually address. The volume of this obstacle truly reveals itself this time, especially as Google intends to cross-reference many of its Apps for mobile and PC use.


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