Mobile (PDA) solutions (again)

[jcasetnl]

I'm currently researching various solutions for management level employees to recieve email on their Palm Treo 600s.

Beyond the basic ability to recieve/send email, the key requirement is that it will notify them when they have new mail (a "push" model). Most solutions require you to access a wap page or log into a service - they want to get some sort of visual/audio notification when new mail arrives.

AT+T Office Online - requires a client stub be running on a machine that must be left on. No "push" feature.
Advantage: Cheap, relatively easy to set up and maintain.

OMA - No "push" feature. Advantage: free, don't know much about the setup but I get the feeling it's considerably more than other solutions.

Goodlink - Extremely expensive ($33 per month per account - WTF??). Has the "push" model and a nice interface.

Lee Derbyshire - Looks like a nice OMA alternative. No "push" model.

Can anyone offer suggestions for mobile access that meet the "push" requirement?

Thanks in advance

 

[rxc123]

Our organizations is currently using the 600 through Sprint. They have an app BCCE that allows you to wirelessly get e-mail and allows push. With Exchange 2003 is also synchs calendar wirelessly. Calendar is not what we expected - no reminders & view only.

We are looking at Sprint's 6601 - WinCE device - Looks great. I will probably switch from 600 to 6601.

Am also demoing the 650 - no major functionality changes. Removeable battery, movie recordings and new keyboard are new.

Robert.

 

[7139]

THere's also a product called OneBridge that offers the push model. It is compatible with palm os, pocket pc and symbian.

 

[jcasetnl]

Just an update, I found several products that use a "push" model. All of them are subscription based and run about 30/month/user. I guess it's just the hot technology right now. I could understand 10/mo, but 30+ ??? We'll probably have to pass on it.

 

[GoodLinkGuy]

Actually, GoodLink is far less than $30/month. A two year subscription runs about $19/month/user and a 1 year runs about $23/month/user.