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GPush (Push for Gmail) is out!
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I mean that since the push technology requires recurrent costs (i.e. servers, bandwidth, etc...) in my opinion apps that push and does not require a recurring fee, sooner or later will have server problems because developers have recurring costs but "one-time" income.
This is especially true if the "one-time" income is very small.
I was talking about fetch email as compared to push email. Just in case you are still failing to read my mind
. My post was and still is very relevant to an app that is called G"Push". No worries though, everything is cool Anyway, I don't have mobileme to test but it would be interesting to know how does Push Notification+Manual Fetch compare to push email.
Because of your impatience you wasted $5 on something you could have done for free with Yahoo Mail.
i have been testing yahoo mail all morning, it's really flakey, and only sends 20% of my emails to my iphone...
Really? So Yahoo gives you Notifications on your screen?
What I didn't like about the Yahoo method too was that I'd have to go in and delete emails from both my Yahoo and Gmail accounts.
Google Push is Accepted
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/08/app-store-thaw-apple-accepts-a-gmail-push-application/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/08/app-store-thaw-apple-accepts-a-gmail-push-application/
You know, you have the ability to choose which email address you send from. It's between 'To:' and 'Subject:'.
And Xolan, I ran into that problem as well but if it saves you $5 it would be worth it. Unless $5 means absolutely nothing to you and you can afford it.
To tell you the truth, I love the way my forwarding to Yahoo mail works. I will never download anything like this. I get a quiet noise and a small vibrate come through when I get a new email. I simply open up my Gmail and it downloads for me. I do not want an obtrustive pop up notification every time I get an email. If I'm not by my phone for a while, the first thing I normally do is check my email on it anyways, so I don't want to have to close out 4 popup notifications every time I leave my phone alone for 30 minutes. This might be great for some, but not for me.
That's what I do.... I forward ALL of my email accounts to Yahoo. I even have a program on the PC (GetMail) that runs in the background and gets mail from my Hotmail and forwards to Yahoo. There's also background Apps to run on a Mac for Hotmail.
For me it's worth it because I receive/reply maybe 20-30 emails a day. I'd have to change my "From" field 20-30 times and go into my iPhone to download an extra 20-30 emails and delete them.
You do realize that you can customize push notifications? You could just switch off alerts and leave sound/badge turned on.
Something to look at with this app is who it was built by. It is NOT GOOGLE sponsored. It is a private company who created the app. They can not support the load / demand as proven by their having to take it down. When Google comes out with real push mail I am sure it will work great... This is just another workaround and someone trying to make a buck off it. I say skip this app and keep doing what we have been doing.
It takes what? 4 seconds? You'll spend $5 but won't spend 4 seconds to do something?
4 seconds times 20-30 emails a day = 80 seconds to 2 minutes a day
times 5 days a week = an extra 10 minutes
10 minutes a week times 4 times a month = 40 minutes a month
Yes, a 1 time fee for $5 is worth it.
Why am I having to justify my app purchase? If you do your way for free and it works for you, good for you. But I need something that's efficient and less time consuming
Also, like I said, apps like GPush (when it becomes available) and Push Mail will give you notifications on your screen. So I can see what email I just got without having to unlock my phone and open the mail app. That saves time too if I don't need the email right away - something a free Yahoo workaround doesn't solve.
