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I think you are outdated with your info.

Push email is just that - it pushes the email to the sync'd device immediately. Yes a ping is required to maintain that connection (Blackberry/RIM or other), but I'm telling you that battery life per day with fetch set to 30 mins was drastic compared to push email on the same device configured for push and not fetch.

And yes, I have my cal synced through the exact same z-push server, thanks to owncloud - but that isn't the point of the thread...

Have you tried IMAP IDLE on an iPhone or blackberry on 3G? Obviously not due to your comments.... it is *far* from being a "poor man's push" service...

If you think Blackberry holds the patent on push email, give this a read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_email
then get back to me, because what is written in the RIM section is *exactly* what z-phone does.

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