asked 2014-06-17 13:39:52 +0300
Questions.
What are the pros and cons of setting up a gmail account with either of these options in the email app?
answered 2014-06-17 16:20:15 +0300
I think GTalk is the only difference. And might be some other Google services, e.g. G+.
answered 2014-06-17 16:30:36 +0300
Your calender and contacts can also be synced with google I think. It's your decision if you want all these data stored on google server or not ;-) (obviously I'm not a google fan :D)
You need a Google account to sync your calendars or contacts. You can still use your general email as primary mail, if you wish.
jpek-m ( 2014-07-26 21:23:48 +0300 )answered 2014-07-15 09:21:48 +0300
From email side the only difference between generic Google and Google account is the type of authentication used. Google account uses OAuth2 and generic uses normal IMAP/SMTP authentication. Same code is used for all the other operations.
You can also configure Google account with email service deactivated and then configure a generic one for mail, no problem with that.
I might be waaaay of here but wasn't there a problem with how back (date) you can get to read/download your mails with OAuth2?? Or something like that.
I seem to recall you mentioned it but can't find it. Might be wrong though.
Anyway my biggest problem is the lack of official support for native keyboard. But thats not a mail problem.
ApB ( 2014-07-15 16:17:42 +0300 )Asked: 2014-06-17 13:39:52 +0300
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