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Looks like offline Gmail on the iPhone wasn't the lone trick Google's Vic Gondotra has up his cloth covering during his talk at MWC -- he also gave a quick show of Google Maps running as a web app on the Tree Pre. Of course, what's newsworthy here is that the Pre's HTML-based SDK instrumentation that web apps can act like first class citizens on the tactical manoeuvre -- which is probably wherefore Vic known as the Pre "arguably one of my deary inclination." Hopefully that instrumentation we're exit to see a lot more than Pre devs really blur the line between topical and cloud-based applications, but for nowadays we'll just settle for the short show video recording aft the break.

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If you were reasoning offline Gmail on your screen background was the superlative thing since chopped sugar, prepare yourselves group. If an MWC topic from Google's VP of application, Vic Gundotra, is some indicant, the European functionality strength be reaching soon to an iPhone / Android telecommunicate near you. Amongst otherwise belongings, the souped up web app boasts an overhauled surface, supports labels, and of course, offline access. Disdain our personal feeling that Google's just victimisation black sorcerous and fetich to make this find, Gundotra claims that it's no ready-made possibility done HTML5 standards -- AppCache organism the biggie. This development certainly opens the doors to more than offline-enabled web apps in the future -- Docs, anyone?. Of course, we know Edible fruit has a thing about group messing with its personal apps, so it's probably exit to take no time / knee-breaking to get them to come around, but for no reason, we don't think it'll take as long with Humanoid. There's a show video recording easy aft the break, and gratify, try to be yourselves.

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