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Comment by simanyay | Hacker News Reader

Can't wait for Apple banning apps because their developers use GMail.

Apple does have something of a weird relationship with Google at the moment...Gmail is one of the email providers on the iPhone with "express" setup, and they have pre-installed apps for Google Maps and Youtube. On the other hand, Android. Seems like a perfect opportunity for MSFT.

To be fair, Gmail's express setup is somewhat unsanctioned. Gmail's documentation explicitly advises against the use of that express setup button:

    What if I tap 'Gmail' instead? 
    Archiving and deleting messages will work differently. Our instructions ensure Gmail works as designed.

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

I guess MSFT doesn't have a mobile operating system...

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