I really don't get what you guys are doing to your batteries.

[dkincaid]

Originally Posted by J0KER

Can you expand on this? I'm curious why you think push mail is a pig?

It's my understanding that when using push mail ("As items arrive") the Exchange server creates an entry w/ the IP address of the device, then both sides (client and server) sit and wait until a new msg arrives. Exchange then pushes the msg to the client.

When a schedule is defined, lets say for 15 minutes, then every 15 mins your device is opening a data connection and checking to see if new mail has arrived. With this method, regardless if there is new mail or not, a data connection is opened every 15 mins.

With push mail, however, if you dont recieve mail for an hour or two, then your device never opens a data connection to check. It simply waits until the server notifies it.

There are of course other areas where "push mail" may open a connection, for example, when you update a contact that is saved in outlook, etc... however, my experience has been that push mail is a battery saver, not a pig.


But maybe I am missing the point here?

I typically get several hundred e-mails a day during the week. For me, there is no way I could do push without losing my battery half way through the workday.

Whether or not push mail is a batter saver really depends on the volume of e-mail or changes to contacts etc.

Like the OP though, I have no issue with battery life and I'm a fairly heavy user.