{"id":2578,"date":"2011-12-14T20:11:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T03:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2011-12-15T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T19:16:00","slug":"gmail-old-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/2578\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail for Java and Blackberry No Longer Available From Google – Get It Here"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n On November 22, 2011, Google discontinued support for mobile Java and BlackBerry versions of its Gmail app and removed the download links for these apps from their sites. The Gmail apps still work and are the best way I’ve found to access Gmail on non-touchscreen feature phones. \u00a0I haven’t used a BlackBerry in years but when I did I used the Google app because it worked better with Gmail than BlackBerry Mail did.<\/p>\n As these apps still work I’m posting them here for anyone that wants them. \u00a0These are all official versions that I downloaded from the Google servers over a period of years. \u00a0They are unmodified other than changing the URLs in the .jad files to point at the .jar or .cod files on my servers.<\/p>\n These apps work best on non-touchscreen phones.\u00a0 I’ve run the Gmail app on a N0kia N8 touchscreen phone and it works but it’s frustratingly difficult to accurately tap the correct items in the tiny hierarchical menus<\/p>\n Mobile Java:<\/em><\/p>\n V 2.0.6<\/strong> – 257 KB: JAD<\/a>, JAR<\/a><\/p>\n V 1.5 “Mail By Google”<\/strong> version that supports Google Apps domains – 157 KB: JAD<\/a> JAR<\/a><\/p>\n V 1.5<\/strong> – 156 KB: JAD<\/a>, JAR<\/a><\/p>\n V. 1.1<\/strong> – 138 KB: JAD<\/a>, JAR<\/a><\/p>\n V. 1.0<\/strong> – 113 KB: JAD<\/a>, JAR<\/a><\/p>\n BlackBerry<\/em>:<\/p>\n V. 2.0.6<\/strong> for BlackBerry OS 4.1 and later:\u00a0 JAD<\/a> for OTA , ZIP <\/a>for installation using Blackberry Desktop Manager<\/p>\n There’s also a link to Gmail V. 2.0.7 for touchscreen BlackBerrys<\/strong> posted in this CrackBerry Forum thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n A word about the various versions. V 2.0.6, which was released in 2009, was the last Gmail mobile Java version. \u00a0It includes the following new features compared with previous releases<\/p>\n Unfortunately, 2.0.6 doesn’t work for everyone. There are two main problems:<\/p>\n For most Java phones the easiest way to install Gmail is to point your phone’s browser at the mobile version of this post on wapreview.mobi<\/a> and click on one of the JAD file links.<\/p>\n JAD (Java Application Descriptor) files are small text files that contain meta data about the actual application which is the JAR file.\u00a0 Loading the JAD file is the recommended way to install Java apps. The phone will read the JAD, which contains a link to the JAR, and then automatically download and install the JAR.\u00a0 Occasionally a phone will have trouble understanding the JAD but will be able to download and install the JAR directly.\u00a0 So if you get an error with the JAD link, try clicking the JAR file link.<\/p>\n Originally posted 1-Feb-2009. Updated 14-Dec-2011 with 2.0.6 versions added and links modified to point to copies of apps on my servers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On November 22, 2011, Google discontinued support for mobile Java and BlackBerry versions of its Gmail app and removed the download links for these apps from their sites. The Gmail apps still work and are the best way I’ve found to access Gmail on non-touchscreen feature phones. \u00a0I haven’t used a BlackBerry in years but when I did I used the Google app because it worked better with Gmail than BlackBerry Mail did. As these apps still work I’m posting … Continue reading \n
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