You can set g-mail up with IMAP access without Push. Configure your email to check every hour or so, and then if you have already checked that mail on gmail's site, it will show up on your phone as read already, you wont get a new alert.
Go to settings in gmail, forwarding and pop/imap tab, and towards the bottom, check the button to enable IMAP. Configuration instructions for your phone are here:
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/...y?answer=78886