Mobile Email - To Push or Not To Push… That’s My Question
by Darla Mack
Recently, Nokia announced the availability of its Mail for Exchange business solution for 2 of its Nseries devices. N95 and N73 users can now use the application.
Maybe I’m not catching on to the push email buzz that much and its because I don’t quite get it. To me its like loosing the remote control and forgetting how to manually change the channel on the TV. I know email is important, but so important that you actually forget to check your device for new emails?
I’m not bad mouthing the concept, but in my recent time blogging it seems that consumers have considered this as a factor on whether or not to keep their current devices. After the release of Mail for Exchange for the N95 I’ve seen comments and emails saying that now they will keep their N95’s.
I use SpamArrest for my email and Nokia’s built in email client on my N95. I’ve actually tested the timing on when mail appears on the server and to my device and it seems to be a delay of a few seconds. Depending on my laptop connection sometimes I receive the email to my mobile before SpamArrest. So whats all the hoopla about?
Now let me clarify some things a bit. The majority of the people that I’m referencing to who are interested in push email are yahoo, msn and google users. I’m not talking about employees that actually need to be connected to an exchange server of some sort.
