From what I understand, Gram was developing the webOS TV integration. That was sold and assumed into LG Silicon Valley Labs? So no Gram news unless you're counting SVL.
I'm having a really hard time understanding all of the love for the email client - I've seen people praise it in various articles as well. It's completely awful at productivity.
1. You can't attach anything other than a photo unless you're forwarding an existing attachment. There's no easy way to attach saved documents from Downloads or Office. You have to go to Office, find the doc and click share.
2. You can't do inline edits on forwarded or replied emails - the keyboard disappears when you try to change an existing part of the message. This is so frustrating for business as I can't clean up anything when forwarding.
3. Search tends to be particularly bad at finding things - I can go to Gmail search and get it instantly, but it'll be omitted from results on the Windows phone.
Win phone 8 mail is definitely simplistic and sleek - but not for a second would I call it productive.