[rwave]

Bought the N7. Set up the gmail. I can't find how to set up an address book. Google help says to touch the gmail button in the top left but all that does on mine is take me back to the folders page.

Thanks

[natehoy]

It's a separate application called "people"

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[Pitothead]

So do I understand that the addresses can't be added to the gmail app itself?

( Apologies for hijack)

[MJKearney]

So do I understand that the addresses can't be added to the gmail app itself?

Yes, that is correct. They also can't be added directly into the email app if you're using a non-Gmail account.

[YAYTech]

So do I understand that the addresses can't be added to the gmail app itself?

( Apologies for hijack)

Correct, but if you add contacts in "People", you can specify which email account you'd like the contact stored in (as well as see which account a contact's info is drawn from).

[natehoy]

So do I understand that the addresses can't be added to the gmail app itself?

( Apologies for hijack)

I guess I'm confused. The email app is for reading and composing email. The people app is for managing contacts. The two apps interoperate seamlessly, but they are separate apps that perform separate tasks.

If you want to send an email to someone, you can do it one of two ways:

1. Look them up in "people" and tap on their email address - Gmail will open with an email pre-addressed to the person. Type your subject and whatnot and hit send.
2. Go into Gmail and click the "compose email" button (envelope with plus). In the TO: box, just start typing the person's name or email address and it will search your contacts and find matches. Pick the match you want, then type your subject and body and hit send.

Other apps use your contacts as well, like the "Talk" app (IM, audio, and video chat with other Google users), Google Voice (if you have it installed), Google Plus, etc etc.