Well, I just took the bait and spent the .99 on Atomic. No difference. Google Contacts and the Ipad just don't seem to work together when it comes to groups.

Well I'm confused. I send emails to many people at once. Is that what we are talking about?


Probably not....don't mind me!

Yes it is. But if you have a group of peoople you email frequently, you can create an email group and just type in the one group contact instead of the multiple differernt email addreses.

For instance, I'm on a rec volleyball team and to email my teammates weekly, I can type in the six people's contacts individually, or I can email my "Vball team" contact and it will automatically send it to the six people for me.

Very handy.

That is handy! I just type one letter, and their email pops in. Very cool and quick.

Dude I've got the exact problem ! Single contacts appear instantly, but seems there has never been any Groups created in your address book! It's drivin' me crazy ... Haven't you found any solution yet ?

I've read all the threads, looked at all the apps, and have found what appears to be the easiest way to download your email groups. Shame on google and apple for not making this a more simple process.

1. Access your gmail account on a Mac or PC.
2. Create a new label (folder) called Groups.
3. Go to compose mail. Select a group (make sure it includes yourself), put the group name in the subject line (e.g. FAMILY) and the words "ignore this email" if you like, and send it.
4. Put this email in your Groups folder. It will appear on your IPAD.
5. Go to this email and select "reply all" whenever you want to send a new email to your group. The original email with the particular group remains in your Groups label (folder), and you can send an email to this group whenever you like.

THE ONLY DRAWBACK IS THAT EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP IS ON THE SEND LINE. I prefer to send things bcc, and I have not figured out a way to do this.

The default email client on the iPad offers a second line for CC /BCC . To expose the BCC line, tap on the CC/BCC, which will change the display for CC or BCC addressing.

Using Gmail you can create a group on your iPad without "spamming" the people in your group.

On a PC (using Google Chrome): First create the group you want in GMail. Then compose a message to your group. After you enter the group name in the To: line, the group name will expand to display the email addresses in the group. Copy the entire contents of the To: and move them to the body of the message. Put your email address in the To: line, thus sending the list to yourself.

When you get the email message on your iPad copy the body of the message (the list of email addresses) and then you can create the single contact "My Group Name" and paste the list into a single email address.

I also tried this directly on my iPad. I used Safari to browse to Google and then navigated to GMail. I composed a new message, selecting my group in the To: field. Even though the group name was not replaced by the list of individual email addresses, while selecting the group name, I did see the list. I was able to select all text and copy the list. I then pasted it into the body of the mail. I got some extra text - the name of the group at the top and the words "Remove" and "Cancel" at the bottom, but some simple text editing trimmed these off. Now copy the list again and paste it into the single contact as described previously.


Cheers

Open desktop version of gmail, cursor in To: box and type name of group, group will need to be set up in gmail on your PC beforehand

MailShot, uses a similar technique to the original poster's, and is the first app to set up and manage large email distribution lists for you, .

You can email the groups you create here directly from inside an app, as simply as emailing a single contact. (i.e. It doesn't only email from itself like the previous mail group apps out there.).

You can send attachments, use the group in the BCC line etc. etc. its actually pretty powerful.

Free on the appstore at the moment in a promotional version, so no excuse not to try it out, with an IAP to handle up to 50 different groups of up to 50 people each.

More info on my website.