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February 21st, 2013, 22:42 GMT · By

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Accessing Gmail on Ubuntu for Phones Sends Users to iTunes App Install

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Canonical has just announced the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, a glimpse of the future Ubuntu for Phones, but it seems that besides the obvious problems, there are a few interesting ones.

After we installed Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, we started to fiddle with it. As you would imagine, most of the stuff you’ve seen in the videos and presentations is just a mockup.

This is understandable, but we had the curiosity of pressing the Gmail app, which turns out it’s a webapp. It opened the browser, which asked for my Gmail details, but then it redirected towards an iTunes installation link for the Gmail App.

We shouldn’t be too hard with Canonical because developing such a complex ecosystem takes time and a lot of effort. Even in its state, the Touch Developer Preview is fast, smooth and holds a lot of promise.

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Comment #1 by: Rick on 22 Feb 2013, 02:04 UTC reply to this comment

It was the gmail server redirecting you to itunes. No one seems to be talking about what you can do with the preview as detailed here. Installing SSH, removing the fake contacts adding your own contacts, etc..

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