Push comes to shove!!!!!

[rsandlas]

What is this"push" you all talk about. Gmail doesn't have it yahoo does. What's the difference between fetch and push. I have an gmail account and a yahoo account I don't seem to notice any difference. What does push do? I need to be enlightened.

[naviwilliams]

There is lots of info on this, on this forum.

But, simply put:

Fetch - your iPhone checks your account every X minutes for new data

PUSH - as soon as new data hits your account, whether it be email etc, it's delivered to your iPhone.

Downside to PUSH, is battery life. Since it's an open tunnell, 24/7/365 (unless you turn PUSH off, or the iPhone off)...

[Jeremy Sikora]

Originally Posted by naviwilliams

There is lots of info on this, on this forum.

But, simply put:

Fetch - your iPhone checks your account every X minutes for new data

PUSH - as soon as new data hits your account, whether it be email etc, it's delivered to your iPhone.

Downside to PUSH, is battery life. Since it's an open tunnell, 24/7/365 (unless you turn PUSH off, or the iPhone off)...

This has actually been debated quite a bit and I'm one that feels push gives you better battery life. As an email is PUSHED to you when one arrives where as fetch is constantly polling - depending on the interval you choose - even if there is no email to grab.

Now this can differ depending on the amount of email you receive during your day. So in all honesty it depends.

[baseballkyle]

Originally Posted by JFSikora

Actually push gives you better battery life. As an email is PUSHED to you when one arrives where as fetch is constantly polling - depending on the interval you choose - even if there is no email to grab.

Although this can differ depending on the amount of email you receive during your day. So in all honesty it depends.

I guess I should have elaborated a little more (so you wouldn't have deleted my post - nice)...

It does depend greatly. Push notifications coupled with a fetch IMAP (Gmail) offers the best battery life setup w/out the loss of instant notification imho. That is why I mentioned PushMail. I have no affiliation with anyone or anything - I just know what works. Give it a shot, you will be pleasantly surprised. Battery life is at a premium on all iPhones, so this is pertinent and deserving of not being deleted.

[Jeremy Sikora]

Originally Posted by baseballkyle

I guess I should have elaborated a little more (so you wouldn't have deleted my post - nice)...

It does depend greatly. Push notifications coupled with a fetch IMAP (Gmail) offers the best battery life setup w/out the loss of instant notification imho. That is why I mentioned PushMail. I have no affiliation with anyone or anything - I just know what works. Give it a shot, you will be pleasantly surprised. Battery life is at a premium on all iPhones, so this is pertinent and deserving of not being deleted.

Yeah, maybe you should have elaborated a bit more instead of plugging an app and not answering the OP's question.