Submitted by John Boxall on December 16, 2006 - 3:42pm.
Google recently released a slick mobile application for one of my favourite mobile pass times, checking my email. The Gmail mobile app (
GmailM) is a beauty to use with intuitive controls, streamlined functionality and a polished finish. At first glance it appears to be an exemplar mobile application port, but
GmailM has a dark secret, away from the users eyes lurks a hungry beast.
GmailM is a hog. It has an ravenous hunger for all your data. Used freely, single sessions with
GmailM can easily consume hundreds of kilobytes of data. When you are paying Canada's exorbitant mobile data
rates, every kilobyte counts. With emails showing no signs of getting shorter and carriers having the audacity to raise their data rates (cough Fido cough), is there anything Google can do to curtail its gluttonous ways?
