Google Mail - need mobile account?

Question - I have a normal Google mail account, but to use Google mail on my iPhone do I need to sign up with Google's "mobile" option?
If not is there any benefit to doing so as far as functionality?
Thanks in advance - such a great discussion board.

gargars,
Here is some information pulled directly off of one of our [support articles|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51729]:
POP3 is the most commonly used mail protocol. POP3 simply downloads new messages from the server to your computer. It can sometimes be configured for some options such as leaving a copy of the message on the server or downloading only messages under a certain size, but POP3 is primarily intended to copy your mail to your computer and off the server. This protocol is a good choice if you will be using only one computer to manage your account.
If you use more than one computer to check your email, IMAP may be preferable. When your email application uses IMAP to interact with the server, you are able to view the messages on the server without removing them. You can also create folders on the server and organize messages within them. This is very useful if you need to check your account from more than one computer. Since IMAP does not remove messages from the server unless you delete them, the messages are available to you from whatever computer you use to check your mail.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

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