Workaround for GMail Push & Exchange?

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  1. jw nyc, Jan 7, 2010

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    I know it's not possible to set up GMail push AND an Exchange account on the same iPhone (they both use the activesync protocol and you can only have one at a time on the phone). But does anyone know of a workaround that doesn't involve forwarding your gmail to another account (ie: mobileme or yahoo)?
     
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  2. psywzrd, Jan 7, 2010

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    Yeah - just forward your gmail to your mobileme email. Works great.
     
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  3. jw nyc, Jan 7, 2010

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    The reason I said "without forwarding" is b/c it doesn't sync contacts that way. So is there any OTHER workaround?
     
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  4. globalist, Jan 7, 2010

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    Gmail push is overrated and doesn't work half the time and emails take forever to sync. Just set up a regular Gmail account (which uses IMAP as far as I can tell) and set a 15-minute fetch and you're set and free to use Exchange sync for your actual MS Exchange account.
     
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  5. Jon-Luke, Jan 7, 2010

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    I use an App called Boxcar to send push notifications for all my emails (works great) and that way I can still have my calendar and contacts synced between my Mac, my iPhone and Google using exchange... All seems to be working fine.
     
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  6. psywzrd, Jan 8, 2010

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    But if you have mobileme you can just sync your contacts with mobileme. Is there a reason you don't want to sync your contacts with mobileme?
     
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  7. zhenya, Jan 8, 2010

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    I use the app Push Gmail which was worth the $1.99 or whatever that I paid for it. There are occasional outages, but overall it works great, with very little battery hit. Emails generally arrive on the phone faster than in my open browser window.
     
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