Clubimate and DirectPush....possible?

[dreamtheater39]

hello everyone!

I just flashed my device with the latest jasjar rom available. Small changes, but nonetheless exciting ;-)

I desparately find great advantage in using direct push...and was wondering how i could get it working. I have a couple questions, and would really appreciate it if someone could help me through :)

1. Is it possible to use the account which is free from clubimate.com?
2. How do i configure direct push to work?
3. Is it really instantaneous, if so, would my device constantly keep pinging or something to report being live and ready?
4. How is it when compared to blackberry? Afaik, i think bberry integrates with the cell phone provider, and an sms-like alert wakes the device for recieving the mail through gprs mode of data transfer. I might be halucinating here with my own theories ;-)

What would be great, is an idiots guide to getting it up and running!!! :)

Thanks for your time!
S

[dreamtheater39]

come on!!!!!! someone must have tried it :-(

S

[Carnivor]

i dont think imate have done the exchange sp yet, 4smartphone.net is now what im using with my normal pop account.

4$ a month on the lowest setup, easy to setup, and works great.

[jah]

@dreamtheater, suggest you look at the Clumimate site and ask i-Mate the same questions you posted here.

Use of the Exchange server is free for a year if you have bought an i-Mate device and about $69 if you have one second-hand (pre-used) device and would like to use the Exchange service.

edit: also look at this thread on AK2U which covers battery impact of Push email http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41659&highlight=review+ak2u

[dreamtheater39]

Thanks Carnivor & Jah!

I have another Imate device (a hima)...so i have an exchange account created at clubimate...

I tried getting it to work, and these are the problems that i face currently...

1. There is a constant problem with authentication. It syncs successfully, give it a couple minutes, and on the next sync it asks for the password. When i enter the correct pass, it says its wrong and keeps asking...and theres nothing that i could do. I have to manually log in to my web access through my laptop, hit on "log off", and then retry on my ppc for it to work. This is frustrating :(

2. I havent found a way to configure it to use my exisiting mail account. Is it possible to do it with other providers (4smartphone.net for instance?). I would typically like to provide my pop3 and smtp details to transact with!

Thanks again, i'll be looking into 4smartphone.net and seeing if it fits my needs, thanks again so very much!

Cheers,
San

[Carnivor]

im using 4smartphone, to push mail my regular pop account, so much less hassle that having yet another email address to deal with

[dreamtheater39]

im using 4smartphone, to push mail my regular pop account, so much less hassle that having yet another email address to deal with

I just got a trial account up and running with 4...
It works good, and i'm just checking around to see if its a practical solution from MS...

I'm not too concerned about higher data transfers (i dont think it does anyway...its just a heartbeat packet sent out once in a while), but i'm definitely worried about my battery life. I'll see how it goes, and write back! Otherwise, it looks like a good solution for me....so thanks for the suggestion m8!

I'm however contemplating which solution to go for, the $4 or the $6! :)

S