In an effort to add a little more value to its email client, late last year, Gmail Tasks was rolled out in Google Labs. Google’s latest Labs project allowed users to create, manage, and edit lists of tasks in a similar fashion to Outlook and Lotus Notes. At the moment, Gmail Tasks is not a native application for Android, but merely a web interface that allows you to access all your tasks you have created, add new ones or delete tasks you have already completed. Since gmail Tasks is still in the Google Labs, you will need to enable it on your Gmail account through your computers web browser before you will be able to access it through your Android handset. Just head on over to gmail.com/tasks to get all the details and activate the service and then go to the same address on your phone.
Once you have Gmail Tasks all set up, you can add, delete and cross out tasks to your hearts content. The Gmail add-on also allows you to create multiple lists of tasks, move tasks up and down the list, indent, and add details to all your tasks so that you can keep things organized and neat. Just like Google Calendar, Gmail Tasks is a greate little addition to your Gmail account. But like most things that Google pushed through their Labs, there are a lot of things that seem to be missing. At the moment you can not associate tasks to a contact, add reminders, or even set expiration dates. Since Gmail Tasks is still in its infancy, I’m sure we will see quite a few features added over the next few months. I would not be surprised if Google rolls out a Gmail Tasks App eventually, but until then we will simply have to be satisfied with the web interface.
