Push email is a great feature introduced by RIM on their Blackberry devices, but there are third party applications that make this feature available on S60 3rd edition devices too.
Seven is a software that lets you easily setup your accounts on your phone in order to enable the “push” functionality on them. A personal edition and a business edition are available, both for FREE. They are still in beta, I don’t know if they will start charging for it at the end of this phase.
Seven has also agreements with over 150 mobile operators worldwide, offering a bundled solution that those operators can potentially make you pay. In Italy, “Three” is one of them, but it charges only for the data exchanged with your client. I’ve tried their version, called Mail Cube, but it seems to be based on an old version of Seven.
After installing it, you can easily setup your accounts. I activated my Gmail account just inserting my Gmail userid and password and after a few seconds everything was ready. Gmail as well as Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, Earthlink, MSN Hotmail and others are pre-configured email services. Seven starts as soon as you turn on your phone.
Seven uses the standard Nokia mail client to show emails but adds a few useful features and uses its internal editor when it comes to write emails.
Seven is not limited to S60 3rd edition, but it works on BREW, Java, Palm, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile as well.
The push feature works very well, but after using it for two days, I can definitely say it’s not for me. Too intrusive, I rather prefer opening the Gmail client on my Nokia N95 and read emails from there. It really doesn’t change my life getting continuos alerts for new emails.
In addition, I would have preferred a new Inbox, not the standard of the S60. I can see only four emails at once there, not good if you receive hundred emails everyday. But I know that on E61 and E61i the story is different.
On the N95, the Gmail client is much better.
All that said, Seven is a very well done product, a must have if you want the “push-email” feature on your Nokia phone. But, if you don’t want to become a real-time email addicted, I highly recommend not to install it 
luca filigheddu, n95, nokia, push email, seven, symbian s60
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