Yaron

How to run Gmail locally on a Pocket PC (Download Squad)

Dec 11th 2006 10:57AM I spent a lot of time futzing with this and came to the conclusion that it's really not worth it. I've found the best option is to set up a free account at www.mail2web.com, set your gmail to forward (not via POP) your e-mails to your mail2web address, then use ActiveSync to autosync with the mail2web exchange server (the settings for this are in the mail2web KB). Then voila, gmail autopush on your PPC. It works great, and doesn't require any installs or emulators or shitty text rendering. The only downside so far is that outgoing mail comes from your mail2web address, not your gmail. If anybody finds a work around for that, let me know!

Also, forget Google Maps for mobile. Get the new Windows Live Mobile Beta search. It's faster and feels like an app app, as opposed to a web app. Also has handy traffic indicators.