@unisuperbox
I am aware of this dilemma and I try to be as humble as I can in my request, but maybe if we raise the awareness of this issue we could attract more developer interest. If I had the developer skills, I think I would feel pressed to help out in some way. Unfortunately i don't possess those skills.

Some people have suggested to not read emails on the phone. It is a compelling thought, but for some of us mobile access to email is important to fulfill our jobs.

I don't have a thought out solution for this, but would it be possible to use some of the monetary contributions to UBports for this purpose?

@advocatux
I would love to switch from Gmail and google apps if I could, but for historic and UT reasons I currently rely solely on Google as an e-mail provider. I have a couple of mail accounts that are not google, e.g. Proton mail, but I really don't use them.

A common reason to switch to Ubuntu Touch is to become less dependent on Google. On vivid, Dekko is a decent email client that can handle different email providers. Sadly, the app doesn't work on xenial and the developer @DanChapman has indicated that is is challenging (to say the least) to port Dekko to 16.04. Make no mistake here about my esteem for Dan, he has done, and as I understand it continue to make great things for the UT platform.

My goal with this thread is to make a call for a working xenial email client, which I think should be a core app (Dekko or something else). Being such an essential feature on a modern smartphone, I think a native email core app is necessary for UT and UBports to gain traction outside of a small group of enthusiasts.

Thanks to Rudi Timmermans and his Gmail app, I am able to use xenial as a daily driver. I am annoyed by Google, as are many people in this community, but for the time being Gmail (or google apps email) is my only option if I want to read emails on my UT phone.

I am not a developer myself, but I try to help out as much as I can testing things and filing bugs where appropriate. I would really like more people to chime in on this request and enable UT users to break free from Google as much as possible if they like.

All the devs that are working so hard to make Ubuntu Touch such a great mobile OS have my full respect and I understand that moving to 16.04 must be the number 1 priority right now. But, pretty please (with sugar on top), could we gather some clever brains to bring Dekko or some other general email app to Ubuntu Touch!?

Will there ever be an effort to bring a native email client as a core app to Ubuntu Touch? I mean a UBPorts core team effort. All mobile OS's I am aware of has shipped with an email client as default. Being such a vital app on a smartphone, maybe a core app would make UT a more viable alternative for people interested to switch from iOS or Android.

Any news on the calendar and clock apps, that keep crashing in xenial?

How can we get more xenial apps in the OpenStore? Only 5 new apps since mid June, that is relatively slow progress. Developer interest seems limited despite more and more users shifting to RC and OTA-4 is around the corner. Maybe a hackathlon could help?

@Marathon2422
I can't agree more! Bluetooth has been unreliable ever since the launch of Ubuntu Touch. BLE devices never worked well and last time I tested with a BLE keyboard I couldn't bring the OSK back after disconnecting the KB. Car kits, as I stated above, has not worked for me since my Bq E4.5. While it connects fine, there is no audio or mic routed through the phone app. My Pebble Round watch connects, but the BT connection is not recognized by the Rockwork app.

Many smartphone users today, rely on bluetooth for handsfree phone callls, external speakers, smart watches, mice and keyboards, so I believe it is essential this works flawlessly in Ubuntu Touch too.

@bastos
Re Rockwork, it isn't yet in the xenial store, but I got a version from Brian Douglass (look in the ubuPebblers Telegram group). I got it to work at one point, but now I am having issues with it. For starters, I always get two different Pebble BT devices showing up in system settings; Pebble Time LE F77D and Pebble Time F77D. I can connect to either one, but Rockwork doesn't recognize the BT connection. Sometimes both of them show up as connected in system settings, but after a while one drops off. I have tried to delete and forget the device from both phone and watch, but the same pattern keeps repeating and I get no notifications on the phone at all.

@hummlbach
Looked fine, but after adding a couple of alarms and changing theme, the clock started crashing.

Edit: still crashes after clearing config and cache.

Ok, calendar crashing is most likely related to this bug.
Clock works fine for me on the Pro 5. Scrolling is much smoother than I have experienced before, it sort of stops softly at every page when scrolling.
Most things work for me. There are a few issues though, e.g. Telegram notifications not working, some strange issue in messaging app re name recognition of phone numbers, but overall a really nice experience.