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Gmail Brings Tasks to the iPhone and Android (For Google Apps Users too!)

By Zee
February 3, 2009
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Gmail Brings Tasks to the iPhone and Android (For Google Apps Users too!)Gmail has added a nice little feature to “tasks”, their neat little Gmail Labs todo list – you can now access your tasks via your iPhone and Android.

First, ensure you have  tasks enabled in Gmail Labs by going to your  Then, from your iPhone or other mobile device, just navigate to http://gmail.com/tasks and voila.

You can also use an iGoogle gadget or you can even have your todo list in your Firefox sidebar by dragging this link (http://mail.google.com/tasks/ig) to your bookmarks toolbar and ensuring it opens in your firefox sidebar by right clicking the bookmark and ticking that option.

Google Apps User?

If you’re a Google Apps user, we’ve discovered that you ARE able to add tasks to your iPhone/mobile device too by navigating on your phone to http://mail.google.com/tasks/a/yourdomain.com .   

You can also add your todo list to your Firefox sidebar by adding a bookmark like this: http://mail.google.com/tasks/a/yourdomain.com/ig to your firefox bookmark bar, right clicking the bookmark and ticking the option open the link in your sidebar.

Zee Editor In Chief, The Next Web Network
Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief of The Next Web. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

  • flape
    There is finally gTasks. Simple tasks management application for android capable to sync with Google Tasks
  • Gmail Tasks on iPhone for Google-Apps users http://tinyurl.com/dx5oh9
  • I use Gmail on my iphone 3g..and it always worked fine, until all of a sudden it stopped working. It would not update my email and just say "connecting...." and then "cannot connect to imap.google.com". It was so frustrating! I tried several things, none of which worked. Finally I got a tip from someone online to just go into gmail on my computer and change my password to something more secure. Up until then my password had just been a simple word, but after changing it to something with a number and longer word in it, gmail worked on my phone again. But gosh it was so frustrating when it wasn't working.
  • Excellent post. I read about Gmail tasks and iPhone friendship from another feed and spent about half an hour to figure aut how to use it with Google Apps. And I found my answers from here. Many thanks!
  • Roy
    Too slow working and not enough features.
    Considering I have a G1, I think someone should be able to get me a good when-and-where-to-do list that works with calendar, gps and remember the milk to tell me that I am close to the place where I need to get something for my shopping-tasks and alert me when I am forgetting to do a task and have a busy schedule ahead. A when-and-where-to-do-list... I want THAT!
  • This is inspiring: http://tinyurl.com/dx5oh9
  • Gmail Brings Tasks to the iPhone and Android (For Google Apps Users too!) - The Next Web http://tinyurl.com/dx5oh9
  • Gmail Brings Tasks to the iPhone and Android http://tinyurl.com/dx5oh9
  • RT If you're a Google Apps user - this is how you access Tasks from your iPhone and/or firefox sidebar. http://bit.ly/CAhJ
  • RT @Zee: If you're a Google Apps user - this is how you access Tasks from your iPhone and/or firefox sidebar. http://bit.ly/CAhJ
  • If you're a Google Apps user - this is how you access Tasks from your iPhone and/or firefox sidebar. http://bit.ly/CAhJ
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