- So help me understand this please, on the newest version of the BB OS that's currently out, is there full 2 way sync support for Gmail on the native email client? I'm asking because I'm slowly being attracted to BB's and my main email account is Gmail, I've owned Android phones and currently using a Palm Pre Plus and email is crazy fast, it arrives near instantly on the phone and when I delete from the phone it's gone on the PC within a minute or 2. Is this how it works on BB's as well?
I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well so feel free to ask questions.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comi_maq likes this.05-29-11 10:21 AMLike 1 - Yes, it works just as fast from phone to PC, a bit slower from PC to phone. You do get contacts and calendar sync too and folders that you will find if you go to the gmail icon/inbox press menu and select filter, there you will find all your gmail folders. In them you will not find all your old emails, you will only get the new emails from this point on. However, there's is a remote search feature that lets you search your old emails from your phone.
I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well so feel free to ask questions.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 11:02 AMLike 0 - |Hey thanks, I think I get the picture. you mentioned not finding all my emails in folders on the phone, does it load them if I scroll to the last email locally stored on the phone, i.e. load next 50 emails from server? And Is there a way of speeding up the PC to phone process, i.e. manually refreshing the inbox on the phone?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 11:58 AMLike 0 - They only outstrip BIS in some ways, in others they are still way behind. Sure, when it comes to Gmail android and Iphone probably are better but for other email accounts BIS is still the only one to offer instant push email for up to 10 accounts. Not everyone uses gmail.
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On Android/iPhone, if you are popping your email from the mobile, you can set the polling frequency to every 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, etc. You can also manually poll at any time between automated polling.
With Blackberry, you can set 1 POP email address up as push with the blackberry.net email address. The other 9 would poll every 15 minutes if they are POP accounts only.05-29-11 12:14 PMLike 0 -
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But the Gmail functionality and features are excellent on an iphone too, so it does not have to be this way on a Blackberry.05-29-11 12:18 PMLike 0 - Yeah but as opposed to Android or iphone those that don't use gmail get instant push email.
I suppose you have to make a choice, you want folders you go Android or Iphone(even tho Logicmail does the same for blackberry), you want instant push you go blackberry.
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POP email is handled much better on Android/iphone as you can set the polling frequency.
If you have a Blackberry and you want push email, you have to use the blackberry.net email or get a Yahoo, Gmail or Live account.05-29-11 12:21 PMLike 0 - Not true. A lot of ISP email accounts can only be popped on the Blackberry and in this case, you will only get your email every 15 minutes.
POP email is handled much better on Android/iphone as you can set the polling frequency.
If you have a Blackberry and you want push email, you have to use the blackberry.net email or get a Yahoo, Gmail or Live account.
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05-29-11 12:28 PMLike 0 - Oh and even if it's 15 minutes polling it is done by the noc server not the handset, the email delivery is still push not pull by the handset. With Android and Iphone the device does all the polling killing battery and using data.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 12:36 PMLike 0 -
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Push is fantastic but BIS does restrict the functionality of IMAP05-29-11 01:50 PMLike 0 -
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 01:57 PMLike 0 - Interestingly for a while I had two blackberrys with my gmail account set up on both and if I would send an email from one of them within seconds that would appear on the other blackberry too but in the main folder not the specific "sent mail" folder.
This also worked with my imap work email account.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 02:02 PMLike 0 -
I have 2 1and1.co.uk accounts, both IMAP and none of the sent items from my PC ever show on my Blackberry. In the past I have used another host for my domains and none of those PC sent mails ever showed on the BB either.
That would be full two way IMAP support and that's what I'm after.05-29-11 02:04 PMLike 0 - Are you both using gmail though? My point is normal IMAP should be able to do this, not just gmail.
I have 2 1and1.co.uk accounts, both IMAP and none of the sent items from my PC ever show on my Blackberry. In the past I have used another host for my domains and none of those PC sent mails ever showed on the BB either.
That would be full two way IMAP support and that's what I'm after.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 02:08 PMLike 0 - Are you both using gmail though? My point is normal IMAP should be able to do this, not just gmail.
I have 2 1and1.co.uk accounts, both IMAP and none of the sent items from my PC ever show on my Blackberry. In the past I have used another host for my domains and none of those PC sent mails ever showed on the BB either.
That would be full two way IMAP support and that's what I'm after.
As a backup and for accessing my older emails/folders I use Logicmail.
Works for me. I would def recommend this set up.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 02:11 PMLike 0 - And that is my point. I have a personal and work domain so have no need for gmail. This choice should not hamper my email functionality on my phone as IMAP is IMAP irrespective of whether it is gmail, 1and1 or any other IMAP provider.
There is no reason that IMAP as a protocol cannot be fully implemented via BIS as the gmail implementation proves.
Other devices can and do offer fully implemented IMAP regadless of host
Thanks guys for your help, this isn't an issue we can solve sadly but a shortcoming RIM should address soon in BIS if it wants to continue as anything other than a corporate device for BES users.05-29-11 02:23 PMLike 0 - And that is my point. I have a personal and work domain so have no need for gmail. This choice should not hamper my email functionality on my phone as IMAP is IMAP irrespective of whether it is gmail, 1and1 or any other IMAP provider.
There is no reason that IMAP as a protocol cannot be fully implemented via BIS as the gmail implementation proves.
Other devices can and do offer fully implemented IMAP regadless of host
Thanks guys for your help, this isn't an issue we can solve sadly but a shortcoming RIM should address soon in BIS if it wants to continue as anything other than a corporate device for BES users.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-29-11 04:01 PMLike 0 - Hi everyone, I am having a problem setting up company email accounts onto my 9780. I had the accounts working properly on my old 9700 but switched devices with the backup so my email accounts were transfered automatically and all I had to do was validate them.
But whenever it tried to validate my company email accounts (IMAP) it would say invalid password and would go through. I checked passwords, reset them, and even created a test email account to try to setup with no luck.
I contacted both the BB service provider in area and the webhosting company no one has been able to help me.
I set up my gmail and hotmail accounts without a problem, its just the company emails that wont work.
Please help me if you can.
Thanks,05-30-11 04:23 AMLike 0 - Hi everyone, I am having a problem setting up company email accounts onto my 9780. I had the accounts working properly on my old 9700 but switched devices with the backup so my email accounts were transfered automatically and all I had to do was validate them.
But whenever it tried to validate my company email accounts (IMAP) it would say invalid password and would go through. I checked passwords, reset them, and even created a test email account to try to setup with no luck.
I contacted both the BB service provider in area and the webhosting company no one has been able to help me.
I set up my gmail and hotmail accounts without a problem, its just the company emails that wont work.
Please help me if you can.
Thanks,05-30-11 04:33 AMLike 0 -
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