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(Mail allows you to archive. Starring works, too. Labels map to folders, depending on how you use them that might be good enough or not. Search is pretty great with iOS5, not sure what Gmail is doing better there. From what I remember Gmail’s search has always been pretty horrible. Maybe that has changed.)

I can understand why you might want the priority inbox. That, however, doesn’t seem like a very big deal to me.

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Search is great with iOS for the messages you already have, but it doesn't work at all for "continue search on the server". If the Gmail app fixes that, it's a major feature.

“Continue search on server” works for me, although it is slow and the UI is clunky: I have to first navigate to the All Mail, then search for something, then click “Continue search”. I’m sure this would be much easier in a native Gmail app for iOS.

There's a difference between being able to do something, and being able to do it with one click.

That depends on how exactly you use something, does it not? If you rarely use something but it takes up space all the time then that’s a problem, especially on a phone.

While you're asserting that it's not so useful to you, at the same time you're hinting at why others may appreciate it (if they use it frequently).

Starring works? I don't think opening a message and then moving it to the "starred" folder works. The android app allows you to star directly from the message list.

The great thing is that if people want a minimal mail app, Mail will be their choice. I just want a choice that allows me to use my preferred workflow.

It didn’t work before iOS5. Now you can flag emails directly – which in turn stars them.

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