An advice (unasked for) on Push Email/Contacts Live/Hotmail

[selytch]

I am really surprised that not many people use live/hotmail on there ppc. I love google/hate M$ but... When it comes to mobile product M$ beats G.

Live/Hotmail (rare link ! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...oad-en-us.mspx) is REALLY convenient. With synchronization schedule "as items arrive" I still have 50-70% battery life left at the end of the day (with no2chem's rom). Did not notice much difference compared to manual sync.

Plus, you get contacts synchronization - somewhat less "pushy" - not sure, how often it syncs, but works great too. BTW, make sure to backup you contacts before installing the WLWM! MS is working on improving the live/hotmail, they are now full of AJAX and I'm looking forward for a calendar push.

With gmail trying to sync contacts is major PIA, even using 3-rd party software (and I tried many!).

If you are still unconvinced to try live/hotmail, sign up for SEVEN (http://community.seven.com/main.php) (free!)
it works as an intermediate between various POP/IMAP providers, making them work like push email - not sure how but it works. I was using it for gmail/my server's IMAP but decided to go with hotmail (they had frequent server outages this summer, I've heard they were fixing them...).

Also you can try setting up home exchange (with Exchange or Kerio Mail Server) to have real time push email on the PPC...