Originally published November 29 2005
Cingular Wireless introduces email service
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Cingular email service allows non-business users to access their AOL, Yahoo or MSN Hotmail email accounts on a cell phone. The application has many features, including immediate notification of the arrival of new emails.
Cingular Wireless has introduced a service for nonbusiness users to get BlackBerrylike mobile access to their personal e-mail accounts from AOL, Yahoo and MSN Hotmail on a cell phone.
The Java-based e-mail application initially is available to download on existing phones with five models from Motorola Inc. and one from Samsung Electronics Co.
But the process is often cumbersome: Users need to click through multiple menus, type in Web addresses, sign in using a telephone keypad, and scroll about to read poorly formatted messages on a small screen.
By contrast, BlackBerrys and other "smart" mobile devices were designed for tapping into corporate e-mail accounts and other business information in real time with a click or two, displaying them in an easier-to-read format on a slightly larger screen.
That demand has fueled predictions that mobile e-mail will be a big draw for consumers too, generating new revenue for wireless carriers.
"RIM has been phenomenally successful catering to high-end users, but that's peanuts compared to the 700 million plus consumer e-mail accounts," said Skuli Mogensen, chief executive of Montreal-based OZ, which also provides the instant messaging service offered by Cingular and other carriers.
The Cingular application and a service recently introduced by Sprint Nextel Corp. to deliver Yahoo mail to cell phones are designed to minimize clicks as well, while offering other BlackBerrylike features such as immediate notification of new e-mails as they arrive online.
The Sprint service, provided by Seven Networks Inc., also features access to one's online address book, a capability not currently available with Cingular's new offering.
But the Cingular service is the first with an array of popular e-mail portals, including the AOL and AIM services from Time Warner Inc., the Yahoo and SBC-Yahoo services from Yahoo Inc., and the MSN Hotmail service from Microsoft Corp.
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