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AttachmentSaver Saves Your Email Attachments to Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated August 29, 2009

AttachmentSaver is a new application that adds an extension which allows you to save your email attachments on your iPhone. This feature should be available by default but for some obscure reasons, Apple hasn't deemed it necessary...

AttachmentSaver gives you the ability to download attachments of all types, whether supported by the Mail.app or not, and save them into a folder on your iPhone disk.

Files are downloaded to ~/Library/Downloads (/private/var/mobile/Library/Attachments) and it's recommended to install iFile to access the attachments you download.

This app is available from the Cydia Store for $1.99.

Google Sync debuts for iPhone. Will Push Email Be Next?

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

Google announced today a new service called Google Sync that will push contacts and calendar to the iPhone via Exchange ActiveSync. Google Sync automatically replaces your contacts and events on your iPhone, which can be very dangerous if you are a "syncer". It is still in beta, and as good as it looks, I'm not going to use this service because I think I am dependent enough on Google. I certainly don't want them to handle all my contacts and calendars.

Now the question is: will Google offer push email for Gmail soon? They're on the right track and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw push Gmail coming to the iPhone in the next few months.

Watch the video below for more information.

Hotmail POP3 Support For iPhone Now Available In Select Countries

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated April 20, 2016

Windows Live Hotmail now supports POP3 in a few select countries including United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

According to SoftPedia:

First off, the POP server needs to be pop3.live.com (port 995), while the SMTP server is smtp.live.com (port 25). Users will have to provide their full Windows Live ID (username@hotmail.com), and then the password that they have associated with the account. They have to bear in mind the fact that the Windows Live Hotmail POP3 service must use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) both with the POP and SMTP connection, as well as take advantage of SMTP authentication. Thus, users will have to specify that POP SSL and Authentication are indeed required, with the same being valid for TLS/SSL.

Sorry folks. It's not available in the US yet! If you're using Hotmail in the US and want to set it up on your iPhone, read my tutorial called How To Set Up Hotmail On The iPhone or check out the mBoxMail app.

Via iPhone Alley

vMail xPress Voice eMail Free Lite Edition

Guest Author ∙ Updated February 14, 2018

In my ongoing quest to find iPhone applications that will revolutionize the way we live, I found a cool app that I think will come in handy for anyone who uses e-mail on their iPhone.

vMail xPress Voice eMail has been out since September 3, according to the App Store. But, I heard no buzz about it and it sold for $9.99 in the Business category. A few days ago, the developer of the app released a Free Lite Edition [iTunes Link]. So, I decided to give it a try.

The app allows you to bring up a contact by simply saying his or her name and then you can send that person an audio e-mail and a picture. It's e-mail creation without typing at all! I found the process to be very simple.

First, you enter your name and an e-mail address (presumably the one you're going to use to send the e-mail). This app gets brownie points for not having to register and figure out another password. Then, you SAY your contact's name. I found that slower is better. On the down side, the contact name and e-mail address you send to need to be in your iPhone contact list. I used my Gmail account and, for some reason, I thought the app was going to search my contacts in Gmail. Maybe that would be asking too much for a free app. As soon as the app has the contact you want to send to, you can choose to record an audio message as well as post a picture that will go in the e-mail. The picture can be taken on the spot or from your photo library. After you review your audio e-mail, you hit the send button and you're done!

Your recipient will get an internet link to your audio e-mail and picture. I had hoped that the audio and picture would simply be attachments in the e-mail but I suppose it's too tempting for a developer to get instant traffic on its website.

Looking at the paid and free versions, it doesn't look like there are any differences (and one reviewer on the App Store pointed that out). The developer, AdelaVoice, has not hinted in its app synopsis or website that the free version will be out for a limited time. My advice is to get it while its free even if you don't think you'll use it.

UPDATE: The Free Lite Edition of vMail xPress Voice eMail allows you to send up to five vMail messages. After that, you'll have to buy the $9.99 app. The app also lets you send your voice message and picture as an attachment in addition to the link.

Firemail brings free email landscape mode to the iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated February 14, 2018

Firemail is a new application that does exactly what TouchType does, except that Firemail is free...

As soon as you launch Firemail, it will allow you to type your emails in landscape mode. Type in your subject line and email body, then you can choose to "send to MobileMail", which opens your default email. From there, you can select the recipient and send the email. You can also "Save to bookmarks", which saves the snippet of text to use it in another email.

Firemail [iTunes link] is free and is currently your best option for typing emails in landscape mode... well, at least until Apple decides it's a must-have feature.