GMail to Mobile won't work

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 02:32:34PM -0500, William Muriithi wrote:
> Hmm, I thought any phone that you can install gmail client would be
> considered a smart phone?

Nope.  Any phone that can run a java app can run the small gmail client.
That doesn't make it a smart phone.  Still only has a WAP browser
after all.

> By the way, I get a feeling Thomas was attempting to forward gmail
> emails to his phone as SMS.  I get that idea as that is the only way
> the carrier can control the length of the text.  If its purely IP, I
> think that is outside the control of your carrier Virgin.
> 
> If its true you are attempting to send an email to the phone as text,
> the problem is not on google end but mostly something to do with your
> carrier.  That would mean any alternative webmail service will
> encounter the same problem.
> 
> Thomas, If I have misread this, would you mind explaining what you
> mean by mobile gateway please?

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