So, you are probably thinking to yourself, “can’t you already get your Gmail pushed to your BlackBerry for free?” The answer is yes, however, the argument could be made that getting email on your BlackBerry via BIS is really not free because you pay a service charge for you BlackBerry every month.
emoze, on the other hand, is now offering push Gmail to just about every mobile handset and they are claiming that it is completely free. All you have to do is download the emoze client directly to your mobile device by visiting mobile.emoze.com from your handheld’s browser, or via a web-based wizard at www.emoze.com.
I would argue that emoze isn’t really free either unless wireless carriers have started offering free data plans. To make a long story short, if you don’t have a BlackBerry but would still like to get BlackBerry-like push based email on your mobile phone from your Gmail account, you’re in luck.
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Robb,
Hoping you’ll add why the BB experience is still superior to emoze. IMO Take away RIM’s on the money industrial device design, and a solid OS then (buy your post) it sure sounds the industry is catching up. Heck the Treo if not for a bug ridden, last gen. OS, it’s pull mail program is a cost effective way to keep up with email. Do you think RIM is going forward and relying on device design?
Yahoo! Push email on the iPhone could be another example of others catching up to RIM.
It’s after midnight and way too late for me to list out all the reasons why the BlackBerry is better than emoze. There are so many. I may have to write a series on the topic. 🙂
Thanks Robb! It’s not just emoze which is starting to move in on RIM’s turf. There are many. How does RIM stay ahead of the rest?
Hey Everyone,
Oren from emoze here… Thanks for the mention about our full Gmail support. It should be noted that emoze also offers full OWA “outlook web access” support. We also support hundreds of mobile devices from Imap/Pop3 – Win mobile & Symbian.
Above all, emoze works with your phones native mail client, keeping it lightweight and secure.
Cheers!
the problem is that signature that emoze inserts into every email you send. you can’t use this for work emails.
I figured that their would be a catch and honestly, I cannot blame them.
I’ve got a workaround for you. If don’t want the emoze signature to be added to your outgoing emails, only use it to be notified when something hits your Gmail inbox. If you want to send or reply to an email, use Google Mobile which is also a free download but doesn’t append a signature.
ugh, Google offers a GMAil client with all the bells and whistles, eh? Why not use it?
DK
Hi douglas knudsen
In response to why not use Gmail’s application, 1st there’s no real reason why not to use it. However what emoze does offer that’s supperior is the fact that
emoze uses your phones native technology, in other words your existing email box and contacts as well as being a real Push solution. You’re notified every time an email arrives instead of having to manually log in to your account.
Give it a try.
My 5800 with Symbian uses my Gmail account on Symbian’s native email box, connecting via IMAP to Gmail every X minutes. This is possible without installing applications.
Emoze works the same way, it checks mail every X minutes (push mail is another thing: the mail is pushed form the server, not pulled by the phone every X minutes).
So if you need only to check Gmail it’s better to use IMAP, because the password is stored only at your phone.
(my english isn’t very good, sorry)
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Windows Mobile 6 and Hotmail Live offer free push email solution.
Blackberry push email is not only the solution but the RIM hardware / software. The OS is much faster and stable than Nokia E range. The RIM hardware has the ability for over the air OS upgrades hassle free, no need to reinstall any software unlike most other non RIM handsets.