Just hours after Apple launched their update for the iPhone — which now allows users to add icons to the desktop for web-applications and sites — Nathan figured out how to make a custom icon for his web-based Gmail. Fantastic tip!

Use the Gmail Logo as Your Gmail iPhone Web Snippet

One of the best things about the way that Apple has let you put web snippets on your iPhone’s home screen is that it really makes web applications seem more like native apps. For instance, there is really very little difference between checking email in your Gmail account and routing your Gmail to the Mail app on the home screen, from a web app vs. native app perspective.