Gmail ’s desktopoffline moderelies on web browser app extensions , but Google technologist have figured out a way to useHTML5 touchstone — supported by the iPhone , Android and Pre ’s webkit browsers — to accomplish the same thingnatively .
Google demonstrated a newfangled Gmail mobile web app that leverage the HTML5 database and app hoard features , which allowweb appsto store certain type of data locally , much like Google Gears . The result is a super - knavish app that retains a database of messages even when your cellphone miss any connectivity , and that ’ll allow regulars chore — subject matter paper , deletion , and organisation — to be line up up for synchronization when the phone next has serving .
Offline email in itself is n’t a Book of Revelation , but the fact that this app — and other conceivable apps that could effectively leverage the same technology — could work on any phone with WebKit - based web internet browser is terrific . That include , for now , the iPhone , any Android phone , the Pre and some S60 phones . Where complex web apps kind of sputtered in lieu of aboriginal app on the iPhone , the likely reach of rich , pan - platform WebKit applications could be enough to goad some really exciting stuff . [ iPhoneBuzzviaMobilecrunch ]
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