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ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:09:27 GMT

Whilst I am generally very pleased with the overall operation under ICS, I am a little disappointed with the email app.

whilst I am delighted that it connects flawlessly to both of the exchange servers I use, I am dismayed to see that it does not support hyperlinks!

Is this an oversight we can expect to see corrected shortly?

if so, would it also be possible to auto detect telephone numbers and click to dial?

Re: ICS email app

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:14:57 GMT

this is a basic app that google design, you have the market, the whole point of a smartphone it's a strong market, use K9 or Maildroid or another email app that you can customize as you please

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Re: ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:25:04 GMT

So I can take that then that Sony will not be improving the app, that's OK.

FYI, I already have paid versions of both maildroid and enhanced email.

My only thought was that it may have been important to Sony to ensure their email app was up to scratch...I guess not.

Re: ICS email app

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:27:25 GMT

We have the market so we don't have to rely on neither sony nor google to release apps or add this and that since we have options

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Re: ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:55:57 GMT

To be perfectly honest, there is not one email app on the market that ticks all of the boxes.

When Sony released the Xperia range, I am pretty sure that amongst their targets was the iPhone. The principle that android is open source does not in any way give Sony a way out when it comes to providing a decent app; on the contrary, it should encourage them to build an app that would help to sell more phones.

Re: ICS email app

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:58:14 GMT

have you tried moxier?

in fact sony could modify the email app and/or include another email app

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Re: ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:23:20 GMT

Tried Moxier, tried K9, Kaiten, you name it, I've tried it. As I said none of them tick all the boxes.

Re: ICS email app

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:27:05 GMT

you should add a list of things you want on a email app and post it here so others can suggest

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Re: ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:34:15 GMT

Fairly simple really, the stock Email app is handling the exchange side really well.

I just want to be able to multi select mails for deletion or move, hyperlinks to work, and it would beat bonus if I could click and dial on phone numbers....

not took much.

Re: ICS email app

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:36:43 GMT

and neither maildroid nor k9 does that?

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Re: ICS email app

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:46:12 GMT

Sorry 4 the break, just watched England getting stuffed by Italy..:)

Anyway, yes they do, but not phone numbers; also, integration with calendars and contacts starts to get more complex, Neither sync too well with exchange 2010 or 365.

Re: ICS email app

skip0pot2mus — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:56:26 GMT

I agree that the App shipped with the phone should be able to do it all, after all, we didn't pay £450 for a phone that relies totally on Android. [Perhaps we have contract, but the same still applies]

I too would like to see an easier way to "mark all" "delete checked" etc, rather bulky, and no tool tips in how to even do this, you just have to press the right touch key and hope that what you want to do is in the pop up list...

Re: ICS email app

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:32:16 GMT

Agree entirely.

Just as an addendum, Moxier only supports one account; I have two exchange accounts so it rules Moxier out anyway.