Google (finally) brings Gmail and Calendar offline
Jeez, I’ve been waiting a while for this one. Starting today, Google is rolling out offline support for Gmail users, which means you’ll finally be able to read and write emails even when you’re not connected to the web. A company spokesperson says users of Google’s business software package Google Apps will also be able to view their Calendar offline sometime in "the next couple of weeks."
This move has been rumored for a long time. For example, consultant Andrew Fogg reported seeing offline versions of Gmail and Calendar back in July, and said they would be available in six weeks. That didn’t happen, perhaps because bringing Gmail’s powerful search tool and gigabytes of storage offline proved more complicated than expected. Meanwhile an hours-long Gmail outage in August illustrated the the dangers of storing all your data in the Internet cloud.
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It is a great improvement giving us offline access for the calendar, now all they need to do is give us the ability to link between gmail and the calendar and google might have a competitor for outlook.