Personally after several months of usage, or rather as at today, I prefer GMAIL. Why? I’ll share with you. GMAIL is not perfect with blackberry, but close to perfect.
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What’s wrong with Gmail?
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The only imperfect spot appears to be when a GMAIL user send a mail back to the exact same GMAIL acct. This is a known issue which will probably never be resolved. In GMAIL, the sent folder is essentially the same folder as IN. Or rather, there are NO FOLDERS in Gmail.
So if u send to urself, there is no sent action basically. It just seats in the same folder. That’s why the Blackberry will not be able to detect it as a incoming mail, since there is no incoming to start with. This issue does not happens for Yahoo mail.
With that little kink of Gmail and push system flaw, there are several way to overcome that.
1. Get the Gmail app client.
It connects direct to your Gmail acct via IMAP. So u have all your mails available to you. Problem is I have a half screwed Blackberry Plan from Singtel. It comes with only messaging without BIS. So my browser is a hotspot browser. The links in the client (or any other clients) will not work since I do not have the full Blackberry browser.
But if it is just plain reading, it’s fine. No URL support without BIS.
2. Use the browser to access Gmail online. But if coz!! U get to access all ur mails too. Not as fast as the native client on the BB though.
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What’s Right with Gmail?
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1. Google Sync
I love this app. It syncs my Contacts and Calendars to my google account.
2. The Gmail on mobile web, the URLs in the emails can be opened. Unlike Yahoo Mail, they appear as plain text.
3. MS Office docs related? Ie PPT, DOC, XLS if it is simple enough, it can be opened within the mobile web mail itself.
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What’s Wrong with Yahoo?
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1. The links in mobile web email appears as text.
2. No OTA sync like Google Sync for contacs and calendars
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What’s Right with Yahoo?
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1. Where push mail do not work for Gmail if sent to self? Yahoo works flawlessly here.
2. Yahoo mail icon on BB looks colorful too! Gmail icon is boring. Not that it matters, I hide them anyway.
So tonight!! I’m gonna switch back to Gmail to use with my blackberry.
*My blackberry is the weird Singtel $10.70 per mth plan. Does not come with BIS. IMHO, it cripples many thing. Especially the native BB Browser, Facebook, app world.
Bye Bye Yahoo.
Posted from a Blackberry Curve 8900 device.
#1. URL available for Gmail on Mobile mail
#2 URL not available for Yahoo Mail on Yahoo Mobile mail.
