By Matthew Flaschen (not verified) on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 9:20pm.
I'm still trying to figure out how Blackberry's proprietary "push email" protocol is a feature, rather than blatant lockin. With any other email provider, I can download my email through any wireless internet service via standard protocols (IMAP, POP, etc.). It isn't magically, and vaguely, pushed to me. But if I set my client to autocheck every minute, I'm not going to notice the difference. Plus, my email won't be 4 hours late. Anyone still using Blackberry is a sucker, in my opinion.
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I'm still trying to figure out how Blackberry's proprietary "push email" protocol is a feature, rather than blatant lockin. With any other email provider, I can download my email through any wireless internet service via standard protocols (IMAP, POP, etc.). It isn't magically, and vaguely, pushed to me. But if I set my client to autocheck every minute, I'm not going to notice the difference. Plus, my email won't be 4 hours late. Anyone still using Blackberry is a sucker, in my opinion.