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possible new solution to Push Gmail?

I made a new gmail account, trying it now....

edit: after a few weeks and the suggestions below, I can't get it to work for me
 
This seems a lot like Nuevasync.

You also have to give them your password to do the contacts and calendar sync.
 
I decided to give it a go and sign up and it doesn't work to setup my Gmail account.

Could not connect and/or authenticate. [ALERT] Web login required (Failure)
 
Okay I went ahead and provided my password to go to the next step.

It requires one to setup an Exchange account on one's iPhone. I currently have an Exchange account on my phone that is used to only sync mail and calander.

If I'm not mistaken I can delete my current Exchange account but when I setup the new one it will delete my contacts and calendar. So.......... I have to figure out another way to try this.

But, right now I'm going to bed. Been working all night and I'm dog tired.

I'll be anxious to get up this afternoon and read the threads that get posted after I sign off.

David
 
FortWorthMac said:
Okay I went ahead and provided my password to go to the next step.

It requires one to setup an Exchange account on one's iPhone. I currently have an Exchange account on my phone that is used to only sync mail and calander.

If I'm not mistaken I can delete my current Exchange account but when I setup the new one it will delete my contacts and calendar. So.......... I have to figure out another way to try this.

But, right now I'm going to bed. Been working all night and I'm dog tired.

I'll be anxious to get up this afternoon and read the threads that get posted after I sign off.

David
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If I'm required to delete my current exchange account then it's not worth it.
 
I just set my gmail account up and works like a charm.

I have no exchange accounts on my phone so I had no issue with setting up an exchange account.

Thank you for letting us know about this. I can finally delete my yahoo account that I used just for the gmail push notification.
 
eddiec312 said:
I just set my gmail account up and works like a charm.

I have no exchange accounts on my phone so I had no issue with setting up an exchange account.

Thank you for letting us know about this. I can finally delete my yahoo account that I used just for the gmail push notification.
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Where do you get your contacts and calendar from?
 
this looks very cool - i'll try it when i get home. i figure i can always change my password if i don't like the service. my only question is what is their business model. i used to use mail2web which was a free service and worked great - but they eventually had to start charging. if your going to charge me at least give me full exchange support - calendar, contacts and mail. so the bottom line - how do they plan on making money?
 
shk718 said:
this looks very cool - i'll try it when i get home. i figure i can always change my password if i don't like the service. my only question is what is their business model. i used to use mail2web which was a free service and worked great - but they eventually had to start charging. if your going to charge me at least give me full exchange support - calendar, contacts and mail. so the bottom line - how do they plan on making money?
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By selling you and all your contacts email addresses.

Not YOU specifically, just "you" in general terms.
 
shk718 said:
this looks very cool - i'll try it when i get home. i figure i can always change my password if i don't like the service. my only question is what is their business model. i used to use mail2web which was a free service and worked great - but they eventually had to start charging. if your going to charge me at least give me full exchange support - calendar, contacts and mail. so the bottom line - how do they plan on making money?
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i see what their doing - i just read their terms and conditions - its free during the beta - so i'm guessing they'll charge when the beta period is up. grrrrrrr - common google GIVE US PUSH!!! i'll even pay (a little - i'm cheap).
 
If you want push gmail cant you just make a yahoo account and then have your gmail set up to go to your yahoo acount and have your yahoo account pushed to your phone? Or does that not work cause your still waiting for gmail to get to yahoo first? Hmm. It would seem like push though =p. I don't know what google is doing. They have Push set up for other phones...
 
Telp said:
If you want push gmail cant you just make a yahoo account and then have your gmail set up to go to your yahoo acount and have your yahoo account pushed to your phone? Or does that not work cause your still waiting for gmail to get to yahoo first? Hmm. It would seem like push though =p. I don't know what google is doing. They have Push set up for other phones...
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the problem with that approach is the "reply to" feature - it won't default to gmail you have to manually change it for each email - and i hear yahoo isn't very reliable.
 
Telp said:
If you want push gmail cant you just make a yahoo account and then have your gmail set up to go to your yahoo acount and have your yahoo account pushed to your phone? Or does that not work cause your still waiting for gmail to get to yahoo first? Hmm. It would seem like push though =p. I don't know what google is doing. They have Push set up for other phones...
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Tried this, yahoo push never worked. Still took up to 30 mins to receive mail forwarded to the yahoo account.
 
I'm really hoping gmail will provide this directly soon. Their push contacts and calendar are working pretty good for me - here's hoping their email will soon do the same.
 
EDIT: nevermind. I can't use it anyway. Just saw the post about it being set up as another exchange server...can't do it.
 
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