There is no reason why push notifications would use less battery than push email. Having both on at the same time maybe, sine the phone will have to have 2 background processes active and listening for input, but push notifications aren't inherently more battery friendly than push email through activesync.
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PUSH email is constantly using power to do what it does.
Push notifications aren't.
I have Push notifications on right now for AP and I have used them with BeeJive.
They pale in comparison to when I used to have Push email turned on all the time.
But believe what you want.
That'd probably be because push notifications are better implemented than push email.. but they should be the same.. you get a very small message saying "email from X subject Y" with push email or a message like "app X sends message Y"
One man's trash is another man's treasure they say...
It will use less battery and still let you know when you have new emails.
Not only that, but it is much cheaper as well.
Some may prefer to save money AND battery.
I came across this..
maybe it'll help some of you...
http://kmcital.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/iphone-20-mobileme-and-push-gmail-working/
In response to the frustration out there, I have happened upon a working configuration. Yes, thats right!! I have push gmail on my iPhone. Im not sure actually why I was so frustrated not to get my email in a split second vs. 15 min or so later but push email is just cool. And after all, why should blackberry users be the only ones on email crack!?
So heres what I did:
Sign up for MobileMe yes, thats right, itll cost you. (Of course yahoo push email is free, but Im a gmail lover)
Follow usual setup instructions for MobileMe on your computer and iPhone
In gmail settings, forward all incoming mail to your new MobileMe email address, also choose to Archive messages after forwarding (up to you, really).
Make sure you also have your gmail account setup on your iPhone
On iPhone, change the smtp server in the Account settings for MobileMe, to be the smtp.gmail.com that is used by the gmail account. This is the important step: all outgoing email will have the reply-to info replaced by gmails smtp server to be your gmail address, not your mobileme address even though it came from there.
Go ahead, test it. Send an email to your gmail account and watch it push instantly to your iPhone! Beautiful, isnt it.
Heres another good thing: I was worred that all of my labels in Gmail would not be able to be used now if Im reading everything and replying using my MobileMe inbox. Well, you cant do this on your iPhone, but on your desktop, assuming you also have both gmail and mobileme accounts setup in your mail client via IMAP, then you can drag a message from your mobileme inbox to a gmail folder (label) and gmail knows how to handle it. In other words, no duplicates. The message is in the Archive (All Mail) and labeled with the new folder/label you dropped it into on the mail client. Nifty, huh?
Well, I just got this setup, so Ill see how it works for a few days. You may want to try it out too!
maybe it'll help some of you...
http://kmcital.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/iphone-20-mobileme-and-push-gmail-working/
In response to the frustration out there, I have happened upon a working configuration. Yes, thats right!! I have push gmail on my iPhone. Im not sure actually why I was so frustrated not to get my email in a split second vs. 15 min or so later but push email is just cool. And after all, why should blackberry users be the only ones on email crack!?
So heres what I did:
Sign up for MobileMe yes, thats right, itll cost you. (Of course yahoo push email is free, but Im a gmail lover)
Follow usual setup instructions for MobileMe on your computer and iPhone
In gmail settings, forward all incoming mail to your new MobileMe email address, also choose to Archive messages after forwarding (up to you, really).
Make sure you also have your gmail account setup on your iPhone
On iPhone, change the smtp server in the Account settings for MobileMe, to be the smtp.gmail.com that is used by the gmail account. This is the important step: all outgoing email will have the reply-to info replaced by gmails smtp server to be your gmail address, not your mobileme address even though it came from there.
Go ahead, test it. Send an email to your gmail account and watch it push instantly to your iPhone! Beautiful, isnt it.
Heres another good thing: I was worred that all of my labels in Gmail would not be able to be used now if Im reading everything and replying using my MobileMe inbox. Well, you cant do this on your iPhone, but on your desktop, assuming you also have both gmail and mobileme accounts setup in your mail client via IMAP, then you can drag a message from your mobileme inbox to a gmail folder (label) and gmail knows how to handle it. In other words, no duplicates. The message is in the Archive (All Mail) and labeled with the new folder/label you dropped it into on the mail client. Nifty, huh?
Well, I just got this setup, so Ill see how it works for a few days. You may want to try it out too!
Also, unlike simple push email, Gpush gives you an SMS like message saying who the email is from and the subject...that way you can see whether its worth checking or not. The icon number simply ratcheting up one and a buzz from push seems a little strange as you need to essentially read the email to see if its worth reading......if that makes any sense!
Gpush will definitely be coming to my phone when (and if....) it is released!
That's basically what I'm doing, but you'll want to stop using plain email forwarding, and use gmail's filtering to forward, instead. If you do that, you get even better push: only those messages you want are pushed. All of the unimportant messages are not pushed, do not interrupt you, and save your battery; you read those later, manually, when you have the time (on the iPhone, on the web, or whatever).
For more info, see: http://meepmeep.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/selective-push-email-for-the-iphone/
Okay I think I am about to give this a try as it's cheaper (25/yr) then my Exchange account (5/mo). However before I do I have a couple of questions that I have not seen addressed here.
First of all, does it keep your Gmail box "synced" with the mail client on the iPhone? I'm thinking it does not not 100% sure.
And next, I'm also pretty sure that when I delete my current Exchange info on my iPhone my current contacts and calender will be deleted (is this the case?), if so, my data remains intact on my Exchange account (cloud) doesn't it? In other words, if I decide to go back to my Exchange account can I re-enter my current Exchange info and get that data back in place?
Thanks
David
First of all, does it keep your Gmail box "synced" with the mail client on the iPhone? I'm thinking it does not not 100% sure.
And next, I'm also pretty sure that when I delete my current Exchange info on my iPhone my current contacts and calender will be deleted (is this the case?), if so, my data remains intact on my Exchange account (cloud) doesn't it? In other words, if I decide to go back to my Exchange account can I re-enter my current Exchange info and get that data back in place?
Thanks
David
Imap
Well, if you setup the gmail as IMAP, then it will be in sync, the neuvasync tool simply forces the PUSH side with google. So, I don't think there is a different setting in Neuvasync that is for not having your mailbox in sync.
if you setup your gmail on your iphone as POP account, then it won't really be in sync.
Well, if you setup the gmail as IMAP, then it will be in sync, the neuvasync tool simply forces the PUSH side with google. So, I don't think there is a different setting in Neuvasync that is for not having your mailbox in sync.
if you setup your gmail on your iphone as POP account, then it won't really be in sync.