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Android User’s Guide
Gmail is different
Gmail is web-based  
Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you read, 
write, and organize messages with the Gmail application on your phone or in a web 
browser. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire 
message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search.
Actions that you take in one place are reflected everywhere. For example, if you read a 
message in Gmail on your phone, it’s marked as read in a web browser. And a message 
that you send using a browser, or even a draft of a message, is visible in Gmail on the 
phone.
Gmail is conversation-based  
Each message and all replies to it are grouped in 
your Inbox as a single conversation. In other email applications, replies to messages 
are spread across your Inbox, typically by date received, so a message and the replies 
to it are separated by other messages. Gmail makes it easy to follow the thread of a 
conversation.
Gmail is organized by labels, not by folders  
By tagging messages with 
labels, you can organize your conversations in many different ways. In other email 
applications, each message can live in only one folder. For example, with Gmail you 
can label a conversation with your mother about your brother’s birthday present with 
both “Mom” and “Dave.” Later, you can look for the message under either label. Using 
folders, you’d have to store the message in the “Mom” folder or the “Dave” folder, not 
both.
Gmail for the phone is optimized for mobile: for advanced tasks, use a 
web browser  
The best place to organize and learn about Gmail and your Google 
Account is the web. For example, you can’t use the Gmail application on the phone to 
create the labels and filters that you use to organize your messages, but you can label 
a message on the phone. Gmail on the web offers complete information about the 
service, so it’s the best place to learn about all of the features of Gmail.
Gmail is for Gmail  
Of course you can use Gmail to send email to any email 
address, and anyone can send email to you at your Gmail address. But if you want to 
read messages from another email service provider (using your AOL, Yahoo!, or other 
email account), you use the Email application. See “Email” on page 209.