GPush is RELEASED!

[naviwilliams]

I've not tried it yet, since I use nuevasync.

But, try it, for $0.99, here (http://bit.ly/CBvnR)....

[naviwilliams]

I'm not impressed thus far, seriously. And, wehre's the support from the creator? Well, Anyone? Bueller?

[fedexgnd]

Just tried to buy it and got a message saying product no longer available. That didn't last long

[naviwilliams]

You're right! I think it was/is a good thing...

[psylichon]

Well I got it, but it's not working. They apparently have some server issues to work out on their end. I couldn't connect to register.

[naviwilliams]

...just received an email:
Ivan,
It's not a problem with the application - there is a server issue we are experiencing - the whole team is working on fixing the problem, which we hope will be resolved later today. Please bear with us.
To stay up to speed follow us at http://twitter.com/GPush4iPhone
Thank you,
Dave - Team GPush @gpush4iphone...

[INTOYOURHEAD]

Pity, Gpush has been (temporarily) removed from the app store already. Server issues.
http://www.intoyourheadpodcast.com/blogpressexperiment/?p=652

[BrownGem]

So this is ALMOST push but not quite? Not a bad workaround for 1 buck.

[fedexgnd]

I wonder when there will get servers back up??

[bass_lover1]

I wonder when there will get servers back up??

About an hour ago on twitter they said it should be up today. Hopefully very shortly.

[Tinman]

????????

I'm not sure I want my mail going through a 3rd party, let alone a 3rd party who cannot even get their servers working on the first day of release.



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Mike

[bass_lover1]

????????

I'm not sure I want my mail going through a 3rd party, let alone a 3rd party who cannot even get their servers working on the first day of release.



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Mike

The mail isn't routed through their servers at all. All Gpush does is simply notify you of new mail, but you still have to physically open the mail app to read it.

[ADDam]

Too Late, Switched all my stuff over to MobileMe and loving it. Gmail is a thing of the past for me.

[acosmichippo]

it's still good for junk email. no need to spoil your mobileme with that.

[Tinman]

The mail isn't routed through their servers at all. All Gpush does is simply notify you of new mail, but you still have to physically open the mail app to read it.

Maybe I didn't express myself properly.

You need to supply your Gmail password to Gpush. On their end, presumably on their servers, your gmail account is constantly accessed. Once a new mail is received they know it, because they are logged in as you. They then send you a push notification, and you can then check Gmail manually.

I don't really know anything about this company other than they were planning to release Gpush, released it, then had to pull it because of server issues. Guess I'm not comfortable with them having access to nearly all of my email.

What I do now is have my gmail forwarded to MobileMe. Actually I only have mail I consider important forwarded to MobileMe, primarily so I can get a push notification. I still check my mail on the iPhone via Gmail. I didn't find push sped up the checking email process all that much anyway.



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Mike

[psylichon]

They are losing some serious credibility with this server issue. I'm starting to think I wasted a buck.

[evolution83]

I'd rather wait for the real thing....whenever that will be.

[Citsur86]

This seems like a cool one. PushMail App

Anyone tried it? From this site, the dev says nothing is stored longer than what is needed for the push. No Gmail account info needs to be entered.

http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/pushmail-app-push-gmail-on-an-iphone

[naviwilliams]

I've tried PushMail, it just works...

But, with GPush, I'm really not sure what to say now. I wish I never bought it, but more importantly never signed up to it. The money is not the issue here, just the whole server thing. It just tells me they were not really ready...

This seems like a cool one. PushMail App

Anyone tried it? From this site, the dev says nothing is stored longer than what is needed for the push. No Gmail account info needs to be entered.

http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/pushmail-app-push-gmail-on-an-iphone

[Tinman]

PushMail requires forwarding all mail to them. Not that I don't trust these smaller companies, I'm just a little leery of giving that much trust to a small company I don't know.

But in essence, that is what I do with MobileMe. I suppose, if Yahoo push works for you, you could use that too (I never had good or consistent results with Yahoo push).


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Mike

[naviwilliams]

I hear where Tinman is coming from. I like Mobile ME, and I'm about to renew my contact. But, I wish, I realyl wish using their website was much faster.

Does anyone here have a MAC, and thus use Mobile ME on it? It is quicker than using Safari or FireFox on Windows?

[bass_lover1]

I bought this app. Now that it's up and running on their end, it works pretty well. The app it self really does nothing other than have you sign into your Gmail account, then it just pushes a notification to you, nothing more.

[bass_lover1]

Ughhhh! Spoke too soon it seems.

It worked fine earlier today, now nothing.

I like the idea of this app, but holy hell don't release something without testing it first!

[psylichon]

Credentials go through now but zero push love for me. I just about give up with this app...

[duvi]

I hear where Tinman is coming from. I like Mobile ME, and I'm about to renew my contact. But, I wish, I realyl wish using their website was much faster.

Does anyone here have a MAC, and thus use Mobile ME on it? It is quicker than using Safari or FireFox on Windows?

I believe it's a mail app on the mac, not sure. I know it's definitely faster on a mac, that's for sure. I've yet to touch a mac + mobileme, but I'm almost positive on this.

[bass_lover1]

The app creator posted on twitter that they are offering a refund for those of you that aren't happy.

[Tinman]

I believe it's a mail app on the mac, not sure. I know it's definitely faster on a mac, that's for sure. I've yet to touch a mac + mobileme, but I'm almost positive on this.
You can use MobileMe with Outlook on a PC too, but that wasn't the question.

The speed of MobileMe via a browser was the question and it doesn't matter whether you do that on a Mac, PC, or even iPhone: it's slow. The speed hit is server-side.


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Mike

[wildonrio]

This app had a REALLY rocky start for me, not pushing anything for days. It is suddenly working magnificently, however. I think they are working the kinks out. If it continues at this rate, I'd give it five stars. Consistency is the key here though, so we'll see...

[a042349]

Nuevasync.com is another pretty cheap option for Gmail (actually ANY POP mail) to be pushed to your iphone. It also does Contacts/Calendar (for free) from Gmail.

The push mail is Exchange based so it is a rock solid proven technology and in the past 2 months hasn't stopped functioning once on me. My incoming mail "tone" on my iPhone always goes off even before my browser or Gmail Notifier goes off on my PC.

Since it's Exchange based my WinMo phones also immediately update when I swap the SIM from my iPhone (yes I have way too many smartphones).

Having real time Contacts/Calendar/Gmail updates for $25 per year is a good deal from my perspective. I also figure it's going to be a one time fee - Google will roll out Exchange mail (contacts/calendar are now) and/or IMAP IDLE in the next year if I were betting man. :-)

It's just nice to have multiple options...

-joel

[MileHighRob]

Credentials go through now but zero push love for me. I just about give up with this app...
Dave, have you given up on the app altogether or have you given it another try over the past few days? The most recent reviews in iTunes say it's working now.

[psylichon]

Yeah, I can't seem to get it to work. I resubmit my credentials every day and test it... it says my credentials are accepted and mail for my account will be pushed, but nothing at all has come through for me yet.

[MileHighRob]

Yeah, I can't seem to get it to work. I resubmit my credentials every day and test it... it says my credentials are accepted and mail for my account will be pushed, but nothing at all has come through for me yet.
That sucks. I guess you're not alone though. Reading through the reviews posted today an overwhelming majority are saying it's finally working. However, there are quite a few people that claim it just doesn't work.

I'm thinking about trying PushMail. To me, it actually sounds somewhat safer than GPush since you don't have to supply account credentials. I like the dev's response to the reviewer's concerns at JustAnotheriPhoneBlog (http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/pushmail-app-push-gmail-on-an-iphone).

IF the contents of the emails aren't stored in persistent memory but are cleared once the notification is sent as he claims then I'm not really so concerned. It sounds similar to what MobileMe does if I'm understanding it correctly.

[bass_lover1]

Worked perfectly fine for me all day today.

[Tinman]

IF the contents of the emails aren't stored in persistent memory but are cleared once the notification is sent as he claims then I'm not really so concerned. It sounds similar to what MobileMe does if I'm understanding it correctly.

I use MobileMe and the mail I have forwarded to it is definitely not cleared once it has been pushed. It stays like any other email service. So I am curious how you think it is like MM.


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Mike

[saa001]

I tried this app and it never worked. If you look at a lot of the other reviews, they say the exact same thing.

I believe that this borders on a scam.

For the first time, I want my money back for an app that I bought, even though it is only 99 cents. It is the principle of the thing. Some other apps have done somewhat what they promised. This app does nothing but take you money and leave you pissed off because it does nothing of what it promises, NOTHING.

DO NOT BUY THIS APP!!!!!!!

[MileHighRob]

I use MobileMe and the mail I have forwarded to it is definitely not cleared once it has been pushed. It stays like any other email service. So I am curious how you think it is like MM.
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Mike
Perhaps cleared wasn't the best word choice there. Of course the email remains on your email server and/or iphone until you decide to do something with it.

The email is forwarded on to PushMail's servers where it only stays there long enough to build the notification payload, after which they discarded it from their persistent memory (according to the dev).

I imagine this is something like what MobileMe does with the information it gets once you receive an email message in your inbox. Even you said "PushMail requires forwarding all mail to them. Not that I don't trust these smaller companies, I'm just a little leery of giving that much trust to a small company I don't know. But in essence, that is what I do with MobileMe."

Maybe I'm not understanding how MM gets notification that you've recieved new email to alert you in the first place but it sounds like it would have to be similar to the way PushMail operates. Unless again, as I stated earlier, I'm not clearly understanding how MM actually works.

IMO it seems a bit safer than the GPush app where you've got to supply your account credentials to them. You're actually setting up the forward filter in your email account to PushMail so they don't have access to your username/password. Of course, if they really do store the emails you receive on their servers then that's a different security risk all together.

[Tinman]

MobileMe doesn't just send a notification, it pushes the email itself to the iPhone. With GPush you have to actually download your Gmail mail after hearing the notification. So it's quite a bit different.


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Mike

[MileHighRob]

MobileMe doesn't just send a notification, it pushes the email itself to the iPhone. With GPush you have to actually download your Gmail mail after hearing the notification. So it's quite a bit different.
Mike
OK, so I understand that MM actually pushes the mail through to your phone whereas the other two apps just simply notify you that you've got new mail and you've still got to download the message. I'm clear about the difference in those processes but was talking about security risk.

You originally asked how I thought the program was similar to MM. MM requires you to provide your email account name and password similiar to GPush, correct? There's definitely a security risk when you have to provide your credentials to another company. Is this not what you do with MM?

Furthermore, I was actually talking about PushMail not GPush. I think PushMail may be just a bit more secure than GPush simply it doesn't require your account name and password. Although it does require you to forward your mail to them first this seems less of a security risk than giving someone your username and password. JMO

[Tinman]

That was my initial concern: can I trust the company offering GPush (or PushMail)? In the case of GPush the fact that their service didn't work right on launch was a bit disconcerting. But both are tiny compared to Apple. So to me that puts MobileMe in an entirely different league (MM growing pains duly noted). But this is just me, naturally.


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Mike

[MileHighRob]

@ $99 per year MM should be in a different league.

GPush, the one that had server issues upon launch, requires your credentials. I'm paranoid enough that I would have changed said password for the username I had supplied them if they couldn't get it together prior to launching the app.

On the other hand PushMail, has not had server issues and doesn't require sensitive information and reviewers claim it simply works. The emails forwarded to their servers do
concern me though.

[Tinman]

Forwarding my mail to a relatively unknown company concerns me just about as much as having to supply my gmail credentials. Yes the owner of the company says they don't hold it, won't do anything with it, etc. But anything can happen with such a small outfit. So I'll wait for the real Gmail push, and till then use MM.

Also, the price of MM, which is more like $60 if you shop around, is not just for email. I, for instance, mainly use it for push syncing of PIM data. When I enter a new contact or appointment, in seconds it's synced to the MM cloud and then to Outlook on my MM-connected computers. The same happens in reverse, naturally.

Then there is remote wipe, find my iPhone, etc. So it's really quite a bit more than just push email (which is probably its weakest feature).



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Mike

[MileHighRob]

No one is arguing MM's worth.

[psylichon]

If you don't want to spend money on MM just for push email, use yahoo instead. I've been very impressed with Yahoo's push for a while now. Used to suck, but it's very reliable for me now.

Gpush, however, is still a no go. The creator is retweeting all his positive feedback and ignoring users who are voicing issues. Like me.

[uPhone559]

mines been working perfectly for 3 days now, no problems getting pushed here :ok:ok

noticed it didn't work on my friends phone but had him restore and setup as new iphone and worked perfect.

[Tinman]

If you don't want to spend money on MM just for push email, use yahoo instead. I've been very impressed with Yahoo's push for a while now. Used to suck, but it's very reliable for me now.

Gpush, however, is still a no go. The creator is retweeting all his positive feedback and ignoring users who are voicing issues. Like me.

If that's the case I can't imagine trusting such a company with my Gmail credentials. As has been said already, if you tried GPush and don't want to use it be sure to change your Gmail password, to be safe.



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Mike

[psylichon]

Well in all fairness, he responded to me via Twitter saying I am one of 3-4% of users that this is happening to, and they are "meeting with Google" tomorrow to try and solve it. I'll let you know if I hear anything more.

[Tinman]

No one is arguing MM's worth.

No one is now either. I merely responded to this...

@ $99 per year MM should be in a different league.


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Mike

[styfle]

It cant be THAT much longer until gmail allows push. After all, they push calendar and contacts...and the button for mail is right on there lol.

[bass_lover1]

If you don't want to spend money on MM just for push email, use yahoo instead. I've been very impressed with Yahoo's push for a while now. Used to suck, but it's very reliable for me now.

Gpush, however, is still a no go. The creator is retweeting all his positive feedback and ignoring users who are voicing issues. Like me.

Yea, I found that to be annoying. Especially when I use Trowl/Growl to push twitter updates to me, and I get 11 notifications all retweets. Imagine for a second, getting 11 notifications in a row, you can't do a damn thing on the phone!

Anywho, I'm sorry you've been having issues with it, Gpush has been working perfectly for me since about Thursday or Friday. Occasionally Gpush will notify me before Thunderbird does, I'd say that's pretty good.

[uPhone559]

Gpush isn't working on 1 of the iPhones in my household, everyone's gmail and iPhones has the same settings.

All the others work perfect... weird

[garykirsten63]

Gpush is causing big problem. It's wired. All other running so smooth without any problem. Currently using yahoo. No trouble.

[iphonelegend]

Just saw quite a good review of it on www.iwikiphone.com. Apparently it does not work. LOL. http://is.gd/2BxQH

[bass_lover1]

Just saw quite a good review of it on www.iwikiphone.com. Apparently it does not work. LOL. http://is.gd/2BxQH

Yes it does, I've been using it for about a week without any issues.

[coop1701]

Yes it does, I've been using it for about a week without any issues.

I set it up over the weekend. I like it. I have had no issues with it at all. Not even a change in Battery Life.

[psylichon]

Wonder if they're ever going to figure out why it doesn't work for %4 of us still.

[bass_lover1]

I set it up over the weekend. I like it. I have had no issues with it at all. Not even a change in Battery Life.

I love it. I know it isn't really "push email" but at least now I don't have to check every 30 mins for new mail.

PS: I love your sig too, btw. :laugh2:

Wonder if they're ever going to figure out why it doesn't work for %4 of us still.

I think they will. If you follow them on twitter they link to updates pretty often. IIRC they said a newer version will be available soon that should fix the remaining issues, pretty sure we're just waiting on apple to approve it.

[psylichon]

Well I finally got my first Gpush push... but it only works for emails I send to myself from my Gmail account. Not overly useful, but I wonder what the deal is there..

[Rip]

I had this installed from the outset and found it didn't work at all so uninstalled.

A while later I read it was working so tried again. It was picking up about 50% of my mail.

Over the last week it has been getting better and better now doesn't miss anything. It's almost instant and catching 100%.

[MileHighRob]

Dave have you tried deleting the app from your phone and iTunes and re-downloading and installing? Just a shot in the dark, but who knows? It may just work. I had problems with WunderRadio after 3.0 and after deleting and reinstalling my favorite app worked perfectly again.

[psylichon]

Yeah , I tried that one. No-go. Thanks, though.

I'm just going to chalk this one up to me being on 3.1b3 and hope they figure it out.

[MileHighRob]

Oh well... figured you had but you never know. Sometimes we overlook the obvious.