Jonathan Ive rumored to be working on new Mail, Calendar apps for future versions of iOS

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 10:00 am

We've already heard from multiple sources that Apple's vice president of design, Jony Ive, has been working on making iOS flatter and more refined, but now he's also rumored to be working on brand new Mail and Calendar apps as well. It's not clear right now whether a complete revamp of such core personal information management software would be ready in time for iOS 7 this year, or for iOS 8 next year, but the focus sounds interesting. According to Bloomberg:

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Google dropping ActiveSync support for Gmail, forcing new connection to go through their shoddy IMAP service

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 14, 2012 a 4:10 pm

As part of their "Winter Cleanup", Google announced today that they'll be deprecating support for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts over Exchange ActiveSync, or GoogleSync as they call it.

How to use the VIP Inbox on your iPhone and iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Nov 12, 2012 a 2:37 pm

The VIP inbox in iOS allows you to favorite specific Contacts so their messages get filter into their own, special inbox in your Mail app and are always easy to find. If that's not enough, you also have the ability to set up specific tones and alerts for your VIP contacts which makes knowing who is contacting you easier than ever, and lets you stay on top of your email like never before.

Microsoft goes gunning for Gmail with Outlook.com web-based email service

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012 a 5:40 pm

Microsoft has announced Outlook.com, a free, web-based email service that clearly has its sites set on Google's hugely popular Gmail service. Of course, Microsoft already has Hotmail, who's very name meant HTML mail (HoTMail), and live.com, but they've never been shy about multiple, seemingly redundant offerings. But this seems different. Rather than doubling up, Outlook.com seems to be a new layer -- a way to offer something new without forcing old users to just take it. According to the Office blog:

iOS 6 and OSX to add VIP e-mail inbox

By Simon Sage, Monday, Jun 11, 2012 a 4:03 pm

Yet another little gem from WWDC is a new VIP inbox for your iOS and OSX e-mail apps, allowing you to separate the wheat from the chaff, and see only messages from designated contacts. In iOS, you'll receive SMS-style notifications when a VIP e-mails you, and those VIP designations will sync up over iCloud to your Mac and other iOS devices.

Sparrow for iPhone updated: push coming soon as yearly subscription

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, May 14, 2012 a 6:37 pm

Sparrow for iPhone is an email client that offers many more features than Apple's built in Mail app such as the ability to add attachments when composing a message, a multi-pane navigation layout, and custom signatures. The main new feature in today's update is landscape composing. Unfortunately, the biggest feature that users have been waiting for, push notifications, is still absent from Sparrow.

How to set up and use iCloud mail, contacts, and calendars

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012 a 12:46 am

Everything you need to know to get your mail, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, and reminders syncing with iCloud

iCloud includes push email, calendaring, and contact services. That means whenever you get an email, it's immediately made available on all your devices. Whenever you make or change an appointment it shows up in your calendar on all your devices. Whenever you add or change contact information, its reflected in the contacts on all of your devices. You can access these services via the Mail, Contacts, and Calendar apps on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, via the iCloud.com website from any desktop browser, or through popular mail, calendar, and contacts apps on your Mac or Windows PC.

Sparrow for iPhone 1.1 brings built-in browser, Send & Archive, but still no push

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 a 1:52 pm

Now when you click on a hyperlink in Sparrow for iPhone, you will not be taken out of the app and into Safari, but, instead, a nice built-in web browser will slide in. When you're done looking at the website, your mail is just a tap away.

How to troubleshoot email problems on the new iPad

By Gary Mazo, Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 a 5:34 pm

More often than not, email just simply “works” on your iPad. You input your account information when you setup the iPad and email is received flawlessly. Occasionally, however, problems do arise and need to be fixed.

Sometimes, it is an issue with the email server, sometimes it is a connectivity issue and sometimes you are just missing a key piece of information in the account setup.

Usually, the solution is simple like a wrong password or switch. We will try to walk you through potential problems and their fixes.