GMail app on a Treo 755p
Google does not officially support the GMail app on the Treo 755p and once you visit http://gmail.com/app with your phone on Blazer, you will receive and error message saying “not compatible with Palm OS 5 devices”. That is all true but there is a quick way to get around the problem.
There are two simple steps.
- Download JVM for Palm OS 5 from the following link (download to your desktop computer, install through HotSync) and install it on your Treo http://www.palm.com/us/support/jvm/
- Once that is done, visit the following URI with Blazer on your Treo, download the jar file to your phone and it will ask to install it. You should to be all set. http://gmail.com/app/v1.0.0/en/gmail-g.jar
Caveats: BUGS! The touch screen does not work very well at all on the Treo 755p with the GMail app. I am hoping that will be solved soon but the application is very navigable with the keypad on the Treo and all functions are much easier than the web version.
Enjoy!
Thanks to a Google Groups post and the helpful people on there. If you know of any other methods of tweaks, please leave a comment.
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From Google … http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=52864&topic=10070. Might be some settings to enhance your experience.
Comment by Accelero 10/24/2007 @ 6:28 pmUpdate – I’m getting “Sorry, the Gmail mobile app will not work on your phone. Your phone doesn’t have the appropriate certificate to communicate with Gmail. Try accessing Gmail on your mobile browser at http://m.gmail.com”
Comment by Accelero 10/25/2007 @ 10:32 amYou must have an expansion card to download the jar file to the palm. Since I don’t, this option doesn’t work.
Comment by mediaboy 11/18/2007 @ 9:10 am