I know email has been an issue on here at times, and I must say that the email client on the MPower is really good. 6.11 is good, but the client on the mpOWER IS EVEN BETTER.
i'VE DOWNLOADED APPROXIMATELY 1200 MESSAGES ON A COUPLE OF OCASIONS AND THE SPEED IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. i'VE ALSO DOWNLOADED SMALLER AMOUNTS OF MAYBE A HUNDRED OR SO ON MANY OCCASIONS. i HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MAIL GETTING STUCK, AND ATTACHMENTS GET HANDLED CORRECTLY. i DON'T RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING 1200 MESSAGES ON A REGULAR BASIS AS THAT'S A LOT OF MAIL IN ANYONE'S MAILBOX, BUT THE mpOWER CAN DO IT WHEN CALLED UPON. dELETING AND MOVING MESSAGES TO TRASH IS A BIT SLOW WITH THAT HUGE NUMBER OF MESSAGES, BUT IF YOU REDUCE THE VOLUME TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED, YOU DON'T NOTICE A SLOWDOWN. i SHOULD ALSO ADD HERE THAT MY DOWNLOADS WERE DONE THROUGH MY WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTED TO MY DSL. aLSO, EMPTYING TRASH AND FREEING DATABASE IS MUCH MUCH FASTER ON THE mpOWER. yOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT AVAILABLE MEMORY ON YOUR FLASH DISK EITHER. aS FOR THE NET AND BROWSER, IT IS ALSO VERY FAST AND A REAL PLEASURE TO USE. aND, IT DOES DEAL WITH MANY POPUPS. nOT ALL TO BE SURE, BUT PC'S DON'T EITHER. aS AN EXAMPLE, i WENT TO HTTP://WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM WHICH IS A SITE WHERE YOU CAN GET WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ANY CITY. iF YOU TURN OFF YOUR POPUP BLOCKER AND GO THERE ON YOUR PC YOU WILL PROBABLY FIRST SEE A POPUP WINDOW WHICH YOU HAVE TO GET AROUND TO GET TO THE SITE. oNCE THERE, KEY IN THE CITY NAME OR ZIP FOR THE PLACE YOU WANT TO CHECK ON WEATHER AND HIT "FAST FORECAST" OR WHATEVER. aGAIN, YOU WILL LIKELY SEE AT LEAST ONE POPUP WINDOW WHICH YOU HAVE TO GET AROUND TO GET TO YOUR INFORMATION. vERY IRRITATING INDEED. wITH THE mpOWER, i JUST TYPED IN THE URL, WAITED FOR THE PAGE TO LOAD, LOCATED THE EDIT BOX TO ENTER MY INFORMATION AND CLICKED ON "FAST FORECAST". aFTER SEVERAL SECONDS AND SOME "PLEASE WAIT" MESSAGES TO LET ME KNOW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING, i GOT THE PAGE CONTAINING THE INFO i HAD REQUESTED. i DIDN'T SEE A SINGLE POPUP WINDOW. iT WAS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN SOME OTHER SITES, BUT IT DID HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE POPUPS AFTER ALL. aLSO, IT WORKS WELL ON SECURE SITES AND i'VE PAYED SEVERAL OF MY BILLS USING THE mpOWER. iT'S ALSO PRETTY COOL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A SITE, START THE STREAMING AUDIO, THEN POINT THE BROWSER TO ANOTHER SITE AND GO THERE WHILE THE MUSIC IS STILL PLAYING. iF THE SITE YOU GO TO HAPPENS TO HAVE AUDIO SUCH AS ANOTHER MP3 OR WINDOWS MEDIA STATION, JUST CLICK ON IT AND THE PLAYER WILL STOP PLAYING THE FIRST STREAM AND SWITCH TO THE SECOND. oR, YOU CAN JUST LISTEN TO STREAMING AUDIO WHILE YOU CLICK THROUGH INTERESTING ARTICLES IN YOUR ONLINE NEWSPAPER. tHE MULTITASKING IS REALLY VERY SMOOTH. jUST A FEW OF MY IMPRESSIONS. aND, LIKE jEFF, i DO NOT WORK FOR hUMANWARE. dON
