[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Whilst using the Galaxy S I have come to miss a few features I had on my HD2.

Does anyone have any input on the following email and text message queries?

1. Email/Text Notification

On both my HD2 and the Desire (Desire email only) the email & text icon shows in green how many email/text messages you have.

Is there any way to have this feature on the Galaxy S?

Note: I know at the Lock Screen the Jigsaw displays a count but this does not indicate what is Email and what is Text.

2. All New Emails on a PC showing as Read

Iv'e noticed even when my Galaxy has it's screen switched off and untouched (in other words I have not checked the email messages), if later when I go to my PC it's showing all the messages as read (the Headings are no longer Bold Text).

Has anyone come across a method to reverse this?

As in when I go to my PC I want to see any new messages I have not yet read as Marked as Unread.

3. Spam Content

I've noticed all messages including Spam are shown on the Galaxy S in the Inbox.

The trouble here is not so much as it being displayed but unlike on the PC which has a dedicated Spam Folder you can't identify which messages are genuine and which are Spam.

Is there any way to sort this out?

I'm dreading clicking on one message only to find out it's Spam.

4. Different Sound Ringtone/Notifications for either Email or Texts?

On the HD2 if a new email or text came in it sounded off a dedicated sound/ringtone, or if I'd missed a Text Message the HD2 flashed Green.

I know on the Galaxy S there is no LED notification to work this idea on but I miss having different sounds.

As an example ~ I'm constantly hearing the phone play a sound ~ which I then have to pick up time after time just to find out if it's an email or text message.

On the HD2 if it were a text message sound I'd pick it up and read it, whereas if it were an email sound I'd leave it until I was ready.

5. No Filter Support on Android Mail using services other than GMail

On the PC I use Yahoo for mail and like other email programs it supports filters where you can add as many folders as you wish.

I have many folders which when mail comes to my yahoo account is automatically filtered to a particular folder ~ as in I have a filter marked 'Brother' where all my Brother's email gets dropped automatically into and when new mail comes in his folder it is shown in bold and indicates such with a number of how many email messages he has sent.

On Windows Mobile, i.e. the Touch HD & HD2 in particular to have the phones display mail that is sent to these filtered folders you select to Manage Folders and add them to the list of messages to download to the phone and view/reply to.

On Android i.e. the Galaxy S there does not appear to be any means of viewing these filtered folders. As such all mail sent to these folders is not received by the phone.

Therefore, does anyone know of a method like on Windows Mobile where you can display these folders?

6. Text Message Character Counting

Again on Windows Mobile Touch HD & HD2 when you went to compose a Text Message whilst you tapped away at your message it would count the characters being used.

Although most of us have an unlimited sms account I used to find this feature useful in that it at least showed me how many text messages it would be to generate the long message.

Quite often I used to try and get the character count down to a single text message quote of just 160 characters or 240 for two messages.

So, the question here is ~ how do we get Android to show the character count?

7. Replying to Yahoo Email Messages directly from the App 'Internet'

I have created a bookmark icon on the Galaxy S which automatically launches the App Internet then the bookmark Yahoo Mail.

I've noticed every time I try to reply to an email message from within the Internet yahoo client (not the Android mail App) it will not allow you to add any text.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Notes:

Item 5 added Monday 21 June 2010 ~ see Post 14.

Item 6 added Tuesday 22 June 2010 ~ see Post 17.

Item 7 added Tuesday 22 June 2010 ~ see Post 19