Android 4.0 and Email

[slbailey1]

I know that the Galaxy Nexus will have gmail and a mail client. Can I do the following after I tie a gmail account to the phone.

1. Disable all syncing to gmail (calendar, contracts, and email)?
2. Disable and hide gmail?
3. Setup all my google accounts (IMAP) in the mail client?
4. Will these accounts push to the phone?
5. Disable google account calendar and contract syncing (I don't keep calendar and contracts in my gmail accounts)?
6 Setup my Exchange account (OWA) in the mail client?
7 Will my Exchange infomation be pushed to the phone?
8. Will my Exchange calendar and contracts be synced to the phone?
9. Setup other pop/IMAP accounts in the mail client?


I hope that Google will combine the gmail and mail clients into one client and release it at Google I/O 2012.

 

[sitlet]

Since ICS isn't technically out yet, we can't know for sure, but I will answer based on current android versions.

1. Yes, you can disable all Google account syncing.

2. You can't hide the actual app, but you can disable notifications, so it will never alert you or anything.

3. Yes.

4. Depends on your email setup/server type

5. Answered in number 1

6. Answered in number 3

7. Answered in number 4

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

 

[slbailey1]

Since ICS isn't technically out yet, we can't know for sure, but I will answer based on current android versions.

1. Yes, you can disable all Google account syncing.

2. You can't hide the actual app, but you can disable notifications, so it will never alert you or anything.

3. Yes.

4. Depends on your email setup/server type

5. Answered in number 1

6. Answered in number 3

7. Answered in number 4

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

I asked question #2 based on a new feature in Android 4.0 - the ability to disable and hide apps on your device and those apps will not use any resources. I basically wanted to know if the Google apps was excluded from beening disabled and hidden.