Thread: Balance between battery life and Email
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Old 02-06-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Donatom3 View Post
If you're using Exchange activesync or hotmail theoretically you should use less battery actually having it set to "As Items arrive". This forces the server to push the email when it hits the server instead of your phone querying the server every hour or whatever time you have set. I have my hotmail account setup this way and played with this setting set to check every four hours and noticed no difference in battery life.
anyone know what exactly happens when a new email hits the server? How does it get pushed to the ppc? I just like to know how things work, lol
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