Nextel launched per May 23 '05, the first ever push email service for java-based wireless phones, called Mobile Email Enhanced, using Visto's mobile technology.
It pairs ConstantSync(TM), Visto's wireless synchronization technology, with an on-the-phone application to provide real time access to email, contact lists, and calendars.
Push email allows over-the-air email delivery to the phone without any interaction from the user (seamless email delivery, as Nextel calls it) . Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced works in tandem with Microsoft Outlook(R), IBM(R) Lotus Notes(R) and most Internet email accounts such as Earthlink(SM) and Yahoo! (R).
"With Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced, our customers can make more productive use of their time spent away from their desks or out of the office with easy access to business or personal email. Mobile Email Enhanced is designed to give our customers the flexibility to customize a solution that best meets both their productivity needs and personal style. This service, powered by Visto, provides many of the benefits of a PDA in the comfortable form of a mobile phone", says Nextel.
Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced has been designed to satisfy the needs of IT Managers who require a "behind the firewall solution" and the small business owner for whom simple installation and ease of management are critical. Small business users can quickly download and install the Nextel Desktop Assistant without the need of an IT Department.
The mobile email service is available on all Java-based Nextel phones, including the recently released Motorola i605, i355 and i275, and ofcourse for new phones as they launch. Mobile Email Enhanced is available with three productivity bundle options:
- Premier Data Service Plan ($29.99/month) includes unlimited Mobile Email Enhanced service and unlimited data access, 120 multimedia messages, unlimited text messaging and wireless web browsing;
- Enhanced Data Services Plan ($19.99/month) includes Mobile Email Enhanced service with 2MB of data access, 120 multimedia messages, unlimited text messaging and wireless web browsing;
- Mobile Email Enhanced stand-alone service ($14.99/month) with 2MB of data access
