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More (and maybe) better ways to use the cell phone for emails

November 14th, 2006

Google and movamail both launches new cell phone applications for emailing.

Competition seems to be increasing within the field of email application for java compatible cell phones. A few weeks ago Google launched their a java application for accessing gmail. Almost at the same time Movamail has launched their paid service movamail 2.0.

Both of the application boasts a lot of features, Google’s client offers the possibility to read attachments from the phone, and movamail makes it possible to attach pictures from the phones camera to the email.

I tried installing both on my aging Nokia 6610i, but none of them would install when accessing the website from the phone. Google stated clearly that the java client did not support, and with movamail I got an error on the phone when trying.

Luckily for people like me the also both support web access. I have not tried Movamails, but I’ve used Googles for a couple of month now with the Opera browser installed on the cell phone.

From my point view, Google entering the market makes it tough for Movamail. I will continue to forward my regular to my gmail account and use Gmails mobile browser access m.gmail.com to access the email because it works very well and it is free.

Entry Filed under: Cell phone, Uncategorized, email