Emoze push mail "outberries" Blackbery at CTIA
by Sean Cooper 
posted Mar 30th 2007 at 1:04AM
Emoze, the Emblaze spin off, had another high noon showdown of sorts versus a Blackberry (we aren't making this up, peep the poster over yonder) at CTIA. Standing back to back -- one was armed with a run of the mill mobile, the other a Blackberry -- the mailslingers took three steps away from each other and then fired blank emails to Gmail, a large screen displaying the mail account clearly showed Emoze as the winner. OK, so we know this isn't going to convince the Blackberry-toting masses to abandon the device, but what Emoze was actually doing was demonstrating its new push mail service. The first generation Emoze client had a desktop connector that had to be running on your PC in order for the push to work; but this new release does away with all that in favor of a built in Exchange Outlook Web Access component. The Emoze client will securely sync email, calendar, contacts, and tasks from every major handset maker to just about every type of mail server. But the best part is that it doesn't cost one red cent, so hit the read link and go get some.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mike @ Mar 30th 2007 10:29AM
no mac love? :(
sean @ Mar 30th 2007 10:32AM
From the site:
PC Operating Systems
* Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000
* Mac OS (coming soon)
;)
shinbunboi @ Mar 30th 2007 1:10PM
There was no download avail that doesn't require a desktop connection..coming soon?
cortez @ Mar 30th 2007 1:25PM
emoze is a very capable client, but, i my [humble] opinion, it's "not there" yet.
i have tried both the PC based and the OWA based clients and have had better results with the PC based version. even so, the "push" has been inconsistent and in some instances non-existence. this could be me, but it's difficult to tell because of limited documentation and support.
i've also found that emoze will have a significant impact on battery life - even when set to sync less frequently. over a 4 hour period, with sync set to evry hour, my battery went from 100% to 30%, with only 4 emails pushed to my device. this could be device specific...
the other thing to consider is the very verbose tag line that they include in every email you send: "I use emoze as my mobile email service...
Go to http://www.emoze.com and download it for free". i understand the need to advertise a free service, but this is a bit much (in my opinion).
nonetheless, this is a good start; with improvements, i would not be opposed to paying a fee for this service. i do hope things get better for emoze in the future.
fyrestarrter @ Mar 30th 2007 1:53PM
That's the thing, I dont think Emoze is now nor will it be capable of allowing TRUE push email. A desktop redirector is simply not TRUE PUSH email no matter how you spin it. So us MAC users or those who really dont want to have their email downloaded to a PC in order to have it pushed to their handheld are truly out of luck. I have tried consilent push so far it works ok I would recommend it to anyone looking to test out a solution & see if they like it. The interface needs work but the main concept TRUE PUSH email seems to work about 90% of the time. (and until someone comes up with a better solution that does NOT involve the desktop, that's good enough)