E-mail notification... when, how? (or some hack)

There is a "emal notifier" in Cydia... I used it for a while, it showed a small mail icon up on the bar (right from the battery indicator). I forgot its name but its possible to have something like that.

 

I use elert from cydia and it does that

 

The Program that Constantine is referring to is called Reminder. Works great BTW, but you do need to be jailbroken.

 

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I use LockInfo (Cydia) for a similar function.

Instead of a badge, it organizes anything outstanding (notifications, missed calls, SMS & unread emails) in a list that's displayed on your lock screen. Just mash a button, see if anything is new. No need to unlock. You can even set it to hide empty sections, so if there's nothing new, then the lockscreen looks fairly normal (although I've added lockinfo weather so mine displays the current temp & weather under the clock)

It works great, and is worth the few dollars it costs.

 

Notifier+ works very well too. I love it. But, again, you need to be jailbroken in order to use it. Shows icons on your home screen for mail, calls, sms and events. Great buy.

 

Just get Boxcar. It provides you with a push notification for new emails, and it's free. I've been using it forever!

 

set your mail to push and make sure new mail is set to make a sound under sound options

my theory is you are being cheap and want to use e-mail like text messaging

can't imagine any other reason you would need to check your email every second

 

I also use Boxcar. It works well for notifications once everything is set up.

 

Notifications pop-ups are of no interest to me. I'd like a RED LED light that flashes on the top of the phone.

 

This is what Apple wants people to do. It's why they didn't support MMS until iOS 3.0

Perhaps as the OP mentions, they want it for business?:

Microsoft and RIM are making loads of money from companies that want push email. Apple sells MobileMe with this as the poster feature.

It's anything but cheap.

 

That is something I miss from my HTC phone, but notifications would be a start.