DISQUS

nacho · 1 year ago

Certain consumer smartphones already come with a Blackberry solution installed. I have yet to find an operator who can actually offer a data package for that. When I got my first smartphone with that b'berry app preinstalled I called around ALL the UK operators (yes, ALL OF THEM) to see if they could provide b'berry support for my phone. Their answer? "Sorry, no, you have to have a blackberry handset purchased from us. " Forward to present day and situation is not much dissimilar. My P1i from O2 came with the b'berry thing, o2 offers b'berry service as an bolt on BUT, that plan DOES NOT include web browsing, just plain old b'berry emailing, and they could not confirm if I could have my hotmail account on that.

Now, I refuse to change my email account despite of its limitations (i.e. mobile email native apps support most email providers except for Hotmail)

Nowadays most email providers offer forwarding service, including Hotmail, but again it is a problem because I'd be sending from yet another address.

My current mobile solution is SEVEN. In one email client I have all my email accounts (work, hotmail, gmail, yahoo) it syncs with my calendar and contacts. It's free, so far and despite some hiccups, it works better that any other thing I've tried

The only issue is O2 web settings; the web settings the operator gives me are not the right one for SEVEN. If I get them from the Sony Ericsson website, it works ok. I have no idea about why this happens but this is how it works

I prefer to use the email when in wifi because of data charges

Flurry and Consilient Push also offer decent email solutions. I think they're also free and support Hotmail

Bruce Renny · 1 year ago

Excellent post, Krystal. Have you tried our push email service yet? It works on all WAP-enabled devices. Feel free to trial it at http://www.rokent.com/prodPinbox.html