12.11.07
Modest Beta Arrives!
I’ve been using Modest for a few weeks now and it’s gotten progressively better and more stable with each incremental release. While it’s still in beta, anyone can give it a try now. The official site is live and I suggest you check it out if you’ve been seeking a more substantial email option on your OS2008 enabled tablet.
I’ve got my Gmail account setup with IMAP and my own personal identity rather than @gmail.com which works as you would expect any modern email client to work. The main issue which I believe will be resolved as it reaches release (non-beta) status is that Modest does not currently give you the option to replace the default email client for mail duty so unless it’s open when you click a mailto-link or choose to send via email, the other app will open. That said, I’ve had it working in the background on my N800 (and previously the N810 before I sent it back) with great success. Connections over Bluetooth DUN and wifi work quite well.
Some notes from the announcement on Maemo.org:
Some highlights:
Some important notes:
modest will *not* replace the official e-mail program it does have the same name/icon in the menus, so don’t get confused! Modest uses English, regardless of your settings Modest works great with Gmail; don’t forget to use ‘user@gmail.com’ as your username, not just ‘user’.Technorati Tags: modest, email, chinook, os2008, tinymail, maemo
