In case you've been living under a rock for the last few days, Gmail has now begun to support IMAP as indicated by the screenshot below:
Google announced the feature yesterday. This will make life easier for all users who depend on Gmail on multiple devices (especially the iPhone) so that the changes made on one device will be replicated in other locations when you log back into Gmail. (That's the benefit of IMAP over POP in a nutshell for the tech-illiterate.)
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