Well, the only mobile phone based email I've used, you *do* have to ask for new messages

Well, the only mobile phone based email I've used, you do have to ask for new messages

But that was rather a long time ago, before blackberries were anything other than tasty verge-side treats for ramblers unafraid to eat stuff a badger might've pissed on.

If other mobile-telephone-cum-email gadgets are out there that work in a more computer-based-email-client way, then that would seem to make "Push email" less of a selling point.

You were talking about mobile-phone based email, yes?

Posted By: Arizona Bay on September 24th 2008 at 13:55:36

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Not sure if everyone saw the Matthew Gibson news last night (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 12:48:19
- Genuinely heart warming news that. The Gibbmeister is accounted for. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Sep 24, 12:51:16
  - "the gibbmeister" - brilliant. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 24, 13:01:26
  - Who is Matthew Gibson? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 12:58:09
    - O, thereby hangs a tail. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 24, 12:59:32
    - asking this question (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 12:59:00
      - *promulgate* - nice. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:22:45
      - Damn (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:18:39
        
        btw (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:22:41
        
        What is an "instant push on email"? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:26:17
        
        Push email means that the email is sent to your phone as soon as it is sent to you (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:32:26
        
        BRILL explanation (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:35:12
        
        'snot quite right though, is it? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:40:01
        
        Don't you have to tell them when you want them? (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:42:25
        
        Yes. Within options they give you. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:43:41
        
        Oh just FUCK OFF Hawes (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:46:43
        
        Indeed, which is right, and Pens is wrong. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:48:29
        
        Pens is never wrong (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:58:51
        
        Well, the only mobile phone based email I've used, you *do* have to ask for new messages (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 13:55:36
        
        OK, it's like this (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 14:00:34
        
        anyway my favourite radio comedy sketch of recent years: (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 14:10:06
        
        chortle (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 14:11:57
        
        Shouldn't be long (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 14:26:32
        
        I don't know - as I say my only usage of foon-based email was in 42BC (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 24, 14:02:48
        
        so to bring this back to the point (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:52:19
        
        And does it also mean (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:55:37
        
        I assume you want to pick up emails from your already existing email addresses? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 14:07:12
        
        (the one I know checks for new emails every 5 minutes, as you say.) (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:44:59
        
        I thought that (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:36:58
        
        *Ahem*, remeber me? (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 24, 13:31:11
        
        WHAT? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:34:31
        
        It just means it delivers it to your phone as soon as it's received from the sender (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Sep 24, 13:30:33
        
        Ooo I missed that one (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:56:42
        
        accessing it through your normal email server (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:28:58
        
        Thanks, most helpful (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 24, 13:33:59
      - Indeed. Everyone on here knows the The Gib (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:01:58
        
        I don't. Plus I am not him. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Sep 24, 13:08:07
        
        Interesting. Very interesting. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:35:06
        
        OG can spin yarns about gold-threaded floor-coverings (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 24, 13:03:07

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