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Gmail’s mobile application is getting a useful upgrade today. You can now compose and send emails when in a low/no coverage area and have them automatically delivered in the background when you regain a signal. While this is essentially the same way that offline email works on Blackberries (my device of choice) – which can already be tied to your Gmail account – the new Gmail for Mobile will allow you to perform these functions on other handsets like the Nokia N95 and Sony Ericsson W910i.

Along with the offline support, Gmail has added a few other features. Most notable is the ability to switch between multiple Gmail/Google Apps accounts from the Gmail Mobile interface. There are also shortcut keys for performing basic functions like jumping to the top or bottom of your mailbox, or undoing your last action.

As a Google product manager explains in the brief demo below, the offline support is probably going to be most useful for users that bounce in and out of coverage when traveling:

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