Google Gmail App on Treo 650
Install Google Gmail App on Treo 650 In Three Steps
Below is a three step process to get Gmail working on a Treo 650 using Gmail App.
- Use Treo 650 browser and download JVM http://www.wlanbook.com/download/1.prc accept install of this application
- Use Treo 650 browser and download JVM http://www.wlanbook.com/download/2.prc accept install of this application
- Open installed IBM Java VM and install Mail by Google 1.5.0 Midlet by selecting “Install” and entering url http://www.wlanbook.com/download/gmailapp.jar
- To bypass air time permission check download following file via Treo browser and accept install of application http://www.wlanbook.com/download/3.prc
Done!
Configure/Tweak Google Gmail App on Treo 650
- Open IBM Java VM and Launch Google 1.5.0. Configure with your username/pass and check email!
- Open Treo Prefs and select IBM Java VM. Enable “Use Double Buffering” and “Use high resolution coordinates”.
- Set Memory Maximum to 4Mb and Java Thread Stack Size to 8Kb. Exit Prefs and check email again via Google 1.5.0 Midlet. You should notice better resolution
See below for steps I took to get to condensed steps above.
Google Gmail
Like many, I have a HotMail, Yahoo Mail, Google Gmail, and Microsoft Exchange/Outlook email accounts. Out of the four, my favorite interface for email is Gmail. Gmail’s search capability, organizing emails into conversations, and tagging is great. Also, Gmail was the first to offer an huge inbox that started off at 1 Gig of storage space and continues to grow (is around 6 Gig now).
POP/IMAP on Treo 650
Checking Gmail on a Treo 650 using POP or IMAP is possible but I have had mixed experience using the VersaMail v. 3.1B that comes with Palm OS v. 5.2H. It works but sometimes the I don’t get the newest emails and other times I get error messages if I use IMAP. I suspect other email clients may have better support for POP/IMAP than VersaMail but even then they don’t support the cool features that make Gmail great when access via a browser.
Mobile Gmail on Treo 650
After giving up on POP and IMAP, I set out to get Gmail working on my Treo 650.
If you have a Blackberry or iPhone, you can simply go to http://gmail.com/app and a wizard will walk you through process of downloading and installing Gmail App. Doing the same thing on a Treo 650 (Blazer browser) results in message below.
Sorry, the Gmail application is not supported for your Palm Treo 650. You can access Gmail on the go by using the web version. If you are certain that your phone has a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed, feel free to try the download.
Gmail Web Version on Treo 650 Option
I tried both “Mobile” and “Desktop” modes for web version of Gmail on Treo 650 but didn’t like user interface and how my Inbox looked on a mobile device. Plus, composing email isn’t as nice since interface is a browser window/form and is limited by how Blazer displays the form fields.
So, my only option left was to try to get the Gmail App to work on my Treo 650.
Gmail App on Treo 650
Install IBM Java VM
As mentioned by the Gmail message above, to get the Gmail App to work on a Treo 650 you will need to have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed. Luckily, Palm provides a free JVM by IBM that is available at http://www.palm.com/us/support/jvm/
Do you have a Java application to run on your Palm device?
Download IBM’s WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment to run Java 2 Micro Edition™ applications and realize the value of open-standards. Whether it is a business application that wirelessly connects to your corporate data or your favorite game, Java provides you greater access to more software and functionality.
How do you know if your Java application will run on your Palm device? Check with the application provider.The latest version of WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment (CLDC 1.1 /MIDP 2.0) is available for users of the Treo 600, Treo 650, Treo 680 and Treo 700 P smartphones, T|X, Tungsten T5, Tungsten C, Tungsten T3, Tungsten E2, Tungsten E, LifeDrive, and Zire 72 handhelds. The Tungsten W, Tungsten T2, and Zire 71 handhelds are no longer supported.
Install Gmail
Go to http://gmail.com/app and allow Google to detect device and required version of Gmail App.
Or try direct download from IBM Java VM install screen
Gmail 1.5 for gmail.com accounts http://www.wlanbook.com/download/gmailcom.jar
Gmail 1.5 for Google App (own domain) accounts http://www.wlanbook.com/download/gmailapp.jar
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Do you know if anyone has created a PRC of the Gmail for Apps java app? I had one that worked great on my Treo 600 and displayed well on my Centro. I could link buttons to it since it was a PRC app.
So far I haven’t gotten the jar type app to work well on the Centro.
@aerialsoul, I’m using jar on Cento without problem. My Centro is running Centro-1.05-SPNT.
Sorry guys, but Palm is no longer supporting the JVM download. Palm’s website claims that gmail can be downloaded with Versamail, but if that’s true, I certainly can’t get it to work….
@kenblakely, to get smaller screen go to preferences -> JVM (under “other” section) -> check “Use high resolution coordinates”. Also, I set max memory to 8Mb and Thread Stack Size to 16Kb.
Cool. I got the smaller creen, but it’s still pretty wonky-lookin’. I tried all the other combinations of settings I could see, but nothing smoothed it out…..
Really appreciate your help – it’s guys like you that make the internet great. What I have is still not perfect, but it’s a step in the fight direction, and I wouldn’t have gotten there on my own! Zaib for prez!
I cannot get the .jar to open.
This is great in that I followed directions and got it to work but agree with Ken that the screen is still “off” on my Centro. Anyone have an idea how to adjust this? This rocks and thanks for figuring this out.