Although it looks like some details with the app have yet to be fleshed out, the initial set of features are quite intriguing.
Such as a photo-heavy newsletter from Fab.com: when viewing such an email Google, like Apple, lets me zoom in to view more details in the app and better-read the text.
FORBES: How Does The Gmail iOS App Compare To The Native Mail App?
Now Facebook, Apple, Google and smaller app developers are collecting nuanced details like location data and address-book info, and across a wider breadth of people (more than a billion in the case of Facebook).
The Kytephone app also gives parents oversight with details like call logs, photo logs, and gps mapping.
Later this year Visa will launch V.me, an app that allows user to store the details of several payment cards in their phone and then use them to make NFC payments.
An investigation last year by The Wall Street Journal found that some of the most popular Facebook apps seek the email addresses, current location and sexual orientation, among other details, not only of app users but also of their Facebook friends.
Google App Engine handles all the low-level details of installing web servers, databases, and the like.
It's also a super-polished app, and the ability to export minute details (things like multiple flight confirmation numbers for the Mr. and Mrs.) to my Google Calendar with minimal effort is a huge boon.
The new app has been completely redesigned, with integrated flight details and flight maps making it the most user-friendly interface thus far.
ZeptoLab says some app stores have hinted they might promote the app but they often don't have many advanced details.
Keith Brown, an arborist and owner of Austin Tree Experts from Austin, Texas, combined an online app builder with training to make an app that employees and customers use to identify and record details of trees.
Seamless Shopping and Reading: Elevating the shopping experience to new digital heights, NOOK for Windows 8 customers can browse over 3 million books, magazines, and newspapers through NOOK's expansive digital content catalog, learn more about the book (including details and reviews) right from within the app, and tap to purchase and begin reading in seconds.
ENGADGET: Nook app comes to Windows 8 with clean Paper-like design
The 600-room ITC Grand Chola opens in Chennai, India on 1 November and ITC released a mobile app for Blackberry and Nokia phones from which users can get details about the hotel and surrounding area.
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While gestures were fluid for the most part, the Google app showed a bit of a lag in response for clicking and loading messages and details.
FORBES: How Does The Gmail iOS App Compare To The Native Mail App?
SeatGuru recently launched a free app allowing users to access the site on mobile phones, alerting them to relevant details such as whether a particular seat comes with a power outlet, extended legroom, or has a limited recline.
The O2 Wallet is a rival app that allows "money messages" to be sent, and automatically fills in address and payment details for online purchases.
There's a new main menu on the Skype app for Android where users can navigate easily through their contacts, access their Skype profile to change personal details or see the balance of their Skype Credit.
ENGADGET: Skype 2.0 brings two-way video calling to Nexus S, Desire S, Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro
Outside Palm's inner circle of trusted partners, the webOS SDK (playfully named "Mojo") won't be released to would-be app developers until we get closer to the Pre's launch, but we know a few key details.
ENGADGET: Palm's app store christened App Catalog, games not a priority
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