Yes. My technical knowledge doesn't extend far enough to tell you how exactly the phone maintains contact with the push server, but basically, rather than having to call out to a server, your phone just waits for the server to call to the phone! That's much more efficient for a mobile because it doesn't have to do so much heavy lifting.
Grant On 7/10/12, Fred Olver <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, so push notifications let your phone know that there is mail, right? > Rather than using battery life to check every so often? > > Fred Olver > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Hardy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:14 PM > Subject: Re: Gmail app now has push notifications > > >> Part of it, Fred, is honestly just taking the load off your phone and >> its battery. If your phone has to check for mail, say, every fifteen >> minutes, that's going to eat up a fair chunk of battery. Of course, >> exchange works slightly differently; the exchange server actually >> "calls" your phone if you will, so your phone doesn't have to "call" >> the server every fifteen minutes or so. But there are some problems >> with Gmail exchange and I'm also led to believe that this takes >> slightly more battery life than true push notifications pushed to your >> iPhone from an app. >> >> For some business people they really do want to know the second they >> receive an Email, but I think for most of us it's a balance between >> fast checking of Email and taking that load off your battery. >> >> Grant >> >> On 7/10/12, Fred Olver <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Just curious, what is so important about a mail app having push >>> notifications? Seems much adoo about nothing? >>> >>> Fred Olver >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:06 PM >>> Subject: Re: Gmail app now has push notifications >>> >>> >>>> Well, I figure it's free and you don't know until you try. So, I'm >>>> gonna >>>> get it and see if there is any difference other than the ability to >>>> mark >>>> messages as spam, or add stars to them and let you all know. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>> Chastity is curable if detected early! ~ Anonymous >>>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/10/2012 4:00 PM, Alex Stone wrote: >>>>> Monica, completely agree with you, seems pointless to me. >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Alex >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>> Behalf >>>>> Of Monica Jones >>>>> Sent: 10 July 2012 20:58 >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: Gmail app now has push notifications >>>>> >>>>> I have a Gmail account and use it in the regular E-mail app. I get >>>>> notifications when the mail comes in. Why would I want the Gmail app >>>>> over >>>>> this? With the screen readers, this might come out as sarcastic which >>>>> is >>>>> >>>>> not >>>>> >>>>> my intention. I really want to know, smiles. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Grant Hardy >>>>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 2:11 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Gmail app now has push notifications >>>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I haven't been following this list a lot lately so if this topic has >>>>> already been beaten to death, I apologize in advance - I did a super >>>>> quick search of past postings and didn't see it! >>>>> >>>>> For all you Gmail users out there, the Gmail app, while not entirely >>>>> accessible in certain respects, now has push alerts for new Emails. >>>>> There have been a few alternatives that I've used in the past, such as >>>>> the Ultimate Notifier app - which checks mail every thirty seconds - >>>>> and setting up a Google Exchange account in Mail - which has a few >>>>> bugs. Now, you can have true push notifications for your Gmail >>>>> account. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Grant >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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