About Emoze

I've spent the week testing Emoze push mail solution. But I also spent most of the time recharging my (device) batteries. Emoze eats up a lot of power. I won't go into the whole setup process, the installation guide is very explicit and straight forward. After you've run setup on both your PC and PPC, it's time to configure your device and create a username.

You create an account on your PC by providing a username and a password. Once that's done, Emoze opens a connection and waits for your PPC to connect. Now, if you're using a web based email like gmail, I recommend that you configure Outlook or any other email client you're using to connect regularly to retrieve your emails from the server. Meaning, outlook must be kept running on your PC. Emoze pushes new emails to your device once they reach your inbox in outlook. Unlike Blackberry or Microsoft solution, it's your device that establishes a connection to your PC at pre-defined intervals. Depending on your preferences, you can set emoze to maintain a non-stop connection or to connect every 5 mins, 10 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour up to every 24 hours. In fact, it's similar to the option available in Windows Mobile Messaging that, if set, will connect automatically to download your emails.

Emoze is not a real push mail solution and, most unlikely, will never constitute a threat to Microsoft and RIM's solution . As i've said earlier, emoze drains your battery when left running in the background. If you leave your GPRS connection on at all times, this also eats up power.

Conclusion: Reading Emblaze press release will be very tempting, but trust me, it's not worth it. I remember i'd set emoze to sync with my PC every 5 mins, which it never did. How sad...