01-07-2004, 06:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The Irresistible Rise of Mobile Email
infoSync has a short, but thought-provoking article, about mobile email.
"Mobile e-mail, which typically also includes mobile access to calendars and contact information, will be the key driver of growth in mobile data services for businesses over the next five years, according to a new report from advisory group Analysys. In its new report, Mobile Data Solutions for Businesses: maximising revenue and take-up, Analysys Research predicts that around 40% of people with a business mobile phone (21 million Europeans) will use mobile e-mail in 2008, compared to less than 1% today. Over the same period, the annual mobile service revenue generated by email will increase from 49 million EUR in 2003 to 2.9 billion EUR in 2008."
I'd be curious to hear about the numbers for North America, but in the meantime, I'm curious as to what percentage of our readers actively use mobile email, either with their cell phone, Pocket PC, or other device such as a Blackberry.
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01-07-2004, 06:11 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 10
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Re: The Irresistible Rise of Mobile Email
I always use a spam killer and read the remaining emails..
On the Pocket PC, though, I can't filter emails... so I won't consider it. 8)
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01-07-2004, 06:27 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 797
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I solved that problem by finding a host with Spam Assassin installed. I don't even see the spam messages unless I log in to my webmail where it's all stored in an IMAP folder.
Seriously, though, I live and breathe mobile e-mail. I have my PPC (which works beautifully now that I got that router thing straightened out), and my Nokia 3650 with both of my email accounts set up (work and home).
I even get in trouble at my family's house for spending so much time obsessing over my e-mail. Truth be told, I am addicted.
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01-07-2004, 07:21 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 485
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I use mine for email all the time with my cellphone or via a "heritage" 56K CF Modem!
Spam is not so much of a problem for me. you can set the standard Inbox to just download the header, and delete all the obvious spams, empty deleted items folder, and then Inbox deletes them on the server. 80% of my mail is spam, but I only get 30 or so messages a day so I can manage at the moment.
nPopw or the soon to be release @Mail 2 are alternatives to consider.
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01-07-2004, 07:32 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 841
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You didn't give all the options! I use with my Pocket PC over wi-fi or GPRS (whichever is closer). Or sometimes when I don't have it with me (very unusual) I use my trusty Sony Ericsson P800.
We need another option then: I check my e-mails with whatever device I have handy... 8)
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01-07-2004, 07:35 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 841
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by vincenzosi
I even get in trouble at my family's house for spending so much time obsessing over my e-mail. Truth be told, I am addicted.
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Ah! When I go to bed at night I check my e-mails one last time on my h4155 connected to a Bluetooth LAN Access Point, just to make sure nothing new arrived in the last three minutes since I turned my desktop off :lol:
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01-07-2004, 07:42 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 268
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Non-stop with my XDA II and nPOPw.. now I just need push email.. maybe I should set up a MS2003 Exchange server.. 
-arebelspy
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01-07-2004, 11:53 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 539
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well it depends on what "use mobile email" means.
due to relatively high GPRS costs i don't check my mail every 5 minutes. besides, i have a powerbook with me most of the time.
but i do like to SEND the occasional email from my p900. if it's a photo i took and want to send to a non-MMS-enabled friend of mine, or a note to someone who doesn't have a cellphone (but they have email, strange huh), i like to be able to quickly email whatever whenever i want.
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01-07-2004, 01:45 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 651
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80% of my e-mail is mobile e-mail. I have my 5555 setup to get my work e-mail and also I have it setup to get my e-mail from exchange 2k3 here at home. I don't even use the laptop my job gave me, everything is done via my ppc, vpn and wireless access. As far as spam goes I leave outlook open on my main pc and let the great spam filter in it do it's thing. The cost of exchange left no room for me to get a spam solution for it, not yet anyway.
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01-07-2004, 02:07 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 22
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I have gone from the dark side......Blackberry to Treo600....
My company runs Goodlink to support Push email. contacts, appointments......
I missed having an OS that could run other applications.....
The Treo 600 is a slick little device ( I do not care for Palm OS, but its better than a blackberry), integration is nice....and the push functions along with Exchange intergration is perfect....(1 time zone issue that i cant quite solve)
I hope goodlink will showup on a Pocket PC device soon. (Rumor is that Dell is working on one)
Cipro
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