Google’s Sundar Pichai revealed that offline Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs are planned for this summer according to Techcrunch.
“All of this is a long time coming for Google. They’ve had options for going offline in the past with things like Gears, but it wasn’t perfect. And actually, Gears is no longer being supported by Google as Chrome gains many of the same features via HTML5.
Pichai also noted that there are already hundreds of apps in the Chrome Web Store with offline access. And that includes almost every game in the store. This, on top of the built-in 3G connectivity is all vital to ensure the vitality of Chromebooks”
Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/11/offline-gmail/
