Help Voicy choose a phone !

[Wenzdayz]

The contract is a bit of a bitch R530 per month but you get R345 airtime and 100mb data. The phone has someshort commings so check it out in a few reviews first but if, like me, you can live with a phone being a phone and not an mp3 player and/or camera you should be fine. Also the fact that its open source means dudes way smarter than me are creating app for it the whole time.

Omega, does the HTC phones e-mail download by itself or is it that whole push/e-mail setup? im due for an upgrade and i like the HTC but if i have to press a button for e-mail everytime id rather get the el-common blackberry.

[HavocXphere]

Omega, does the HTC phones e-mail download by itself or is it that whole push/e-mail setup? im due for an upgrade and i like the HTC but if i have to press a button for e-mail everytime id rather get the el-common blackberry.

If you are using a mail server that supports push email then pretty much any phone can do that. e.g. Gmail servers support push email, so I get my email just as fast on my 2 year old SE as I would on a BB. One minor difference is that on a non-BB phone it will chow data & cost, but its minimal. Like ~R5 per month or something.

You appear to be slightly confused about the terminology. Blackberry email = Push email. The Push part has nothing to do with pushing a button. And yes, the HTCs usually run Android, which supports push email.

[Wenzdayz]

If you are using a mail server that supports push email then pretty much any phone can do that. e.g. Gmail servers support push email, so I get my email just as fast on my 2 year old SE as I would on a BB. One minor difference is that on a non-BB phone it will chow data & cost, but its minimal. Like ~R5 per month or something.

You appear to be slightly confused about the terminology. Blackberry email = Push email. The Push part has nothing to do with pushing a button. And yes, the HTCs usually run Android, which supports push email.

oh well now i understand better... it was confusing the crappers out of me. So it will be the data cost thing thats an issue for me. i am currently getting nailed with internet surfing and FB and d/l e-mails on my current SE(which i have to press the refresh or download button)im gonna see if i can get a bold on my current contract as i dont want the Curve.