Best OS for Email

LiE · 1 Jul 2011 at 21:14

What is in your experience the best mobile OS for heavy email use and why.

I currently use a wildfire/android and because of the resolution it makes emails a pain to use.

It will be for work where we use MS Exchange.

Caseh · 1 Jul 2011 at 21:14

I'd say Blackberry, because it's made for Email.

Super Tigers · 1 Jul 2011 at 22:10

[Cas];19496966 said:
I'd say Blackberry, because it's made for Email.

+1, Blackberry's raison d'etre is email communication, everything else comes as extra.

bastic · 1 Jul 2011 at 22:16

WebOS is good for email...
and can you explain what you mean by 'heavy email use ' ?
just loads of emails? emails with HTML ? only txt ?

LiE · 1 Jul 2011 at 22:52

Loads of emails, some with images and tons of folders.

sharingan_sasuk · 2 Jul 2011 at 00:35

I love my Blackberry for work e-mail, but it's not as good as iOS and Android when it comes with a lot of attachments. Maybe the upcoming Blackberry Bold 9900 will fix that.

Vertigo · 2 Jul 2011 at 09:22

Blackberry is very strong for corporate email where high security is required.

If the OP simply means which OS/phone has the best user interface for email then I'd say it's not quite so clear cut.

DefiantAsh · 2 Jul 2011 at 10:20

Honeycomb is nice for Email

But you obviously need a tablet for that, for phones i'd say Blackberry/Android/iOS...so basically all of the front-runners in the Mobile market

Jay.D · 2 Jul 2011 at 10:21

sharingan_sasuk said:
I love my Blackberry for work e-mail, but it's not as good as iOS and Android when it comes with a lot of attachments. Maybe the upcoming Blackberry Bold 9900 will fix that.

The blackberry 8520 is painfully slow with attachments/images but alas it aint 3g :s

gam3r · 2 Jul 2011 at 11:12

Blackberry hands down.

lemonade · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:33

Windows Phone 7.

Outlook on it is so useful and works a wonder for me.

Abooie · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:46

lemonade said:
Windows Phone 7.

Outlook on it is so useful and works a wonder for me.

This.

And...

http://zunited.net/2011/05/more-wp7-mango-features-smartdj-email-threading-and-others-for-business-users/ said:
the new update will be getting ...email threading in Outlook, meaning emails will read as conversations for Exchange emails rather than just individual messages. The update will also allow users to search the Exchange server for emails that are no longer hosted on the phone but are up in the cloud. Pinnable email folders to the start screen will also come as part of the update.

You'll also be able to create custom combined pinned email folders.

Ricochet J · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:58

Blackberry without a doubt.

lamboman · 2 Jul 2011 at 16:34

Have you tried K-9 Mail? It should work very well and is popular. An easier step than just buying a new phone too. I'd give it a try before moving to a whole new platform/device.

grudas · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:03

k9 mail is good..

DefiantAsh · 3 Jul 2011 at 00:06

k9mail isnt a OS though?

DELETED_83755 · 3 Jul 2011 at 01:26

But the OP is using an android phone for whcih k9 mail is available and works well !

DefiantAsh · 3 Jul 2011 at 09:48

teddy3578 said:
But the OP is using an android phone for whcih k9 mail is available and works well !

True, i just use the Gmail app

Works better, and if i read and email through it on my phone, its changed to "read" on my main gmail

also deleting emails through gmail works, where i dont think it does on k9mail.

LiE · 3 Jul 2011 at 09:51

So K9 + Android is good? I have to change phone anyway because the wildfire has poor resolution for emails. Work will be providing the phone for free so I'm learning towards a desire or a htc windows mobile phone.

Over Clocker · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:37

One of the higher spec Android phones. I've gone from a Galaxy S to a Galaxy S2. Both are great for emails. Colleagues have a mixture of MP7, iPhone 4 and BB 9700.

Not using the stock email client however, using Touchdown, nothing else compares.

Then when you take into account the rest of the phone features, it's absolutely excellent.!

Mal