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Now everyone who has a chance to experience push email to their mobile phones with this cool FREE app called Emoze. Well, I guess not everyone since I don’t think all mobile phones are supported but mostly are.

If you are like me who owns a Nokia N95 and an unlimited mobile internet data subscription, then you are in luck. I tried downloading this application and I’m pretty impressed. Installation worked in a breeze and what’s cool about it is that it supports Outlook Exchange Servers, GMail/Google Apps for Domains, and other POP3/IMAP accounts. I tested the app for some of my Google For Apps domains and everything worked seamlessly. Emails are displayed nicely as well, even those with HTML formats since it parses the text out of the emails to make things more readable on your mobile device.

As far as I can see the app doesn’t directly connect to your mail server but rather to one of the Emoze servers which handles the push email and email parsing. Emoze works in the background and even sends out an audible alert when an email arrives. Security based, the developers claim that their server is secured and none of your emails or user accounts are stored on their servers. This is really important for most users as we really don’t want anyone sniffing through our email privacy.

Some functionalities which I think needs improvement though are battery life optimization and being able to provide custom names to your email accounts. With regards to battery life, with Emoze running on my N95, I had to re-charge just after using the application a little over a day. I guess this is tolerable considering that you have the option to set Emoze to work only on specific times of the day, such as when you are not infront of your PC/Laptop. I don’t think it’s worth it for you to access email on your mobile device and PC/laptop at the same time.

With the email naming functions, Emoze by default adds a mailbox under your messages folder using the name you use for your email address. So for example your email address is “[email protected]” your email inbox is named “john”. Problem is if you use the same name for several email domains (e.g. “[email protected]”, “[email protected]”, etc.). This would in turn make several “john” email inboxes. I think it would be better to provide your own mailbox name such as “Family Mails”, “Work Mail”, etc.

But all in all, I this is a great app for those who wanted to access their email while on the go without having to check it manually. This is another reason that makes me go away further from buying an iPhone, if Push Email is what I need. Great stuff you got there, Emoze!

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