Push SumoThere is a ton of people that really enjoy "push" email. There are tons of people wishing that Gmail would support push email on the iPhone. I am not one of those people, at least in some cases, let me explain.

I do use "push" to sync my contacts and calendars with the web, computer and iPhone. But I would hate to get notified of every time I get an email on my iPhone. In fact, my computer doesn't notify me if I get an email, although it checks every 2 minutes or so. I just know that when I will check my email, I will have several emails to review.

I cannot imagine being notified of every email I receive, all day, on my iPhone. The iPhone would never stop buzzing. And since I have email OCD it would make me even more crazy. I guess if it pushed emails without notifying me, that would be fine - but at the same time, that would be a waste of battery. I know that when I open to check my email, it will download them at that point and I know, without fail, I will have new emails to review. Yes, it would be nice to not have to download the emails when I check email, but the battery difference might not be worth it.

Push email with notification would drive me insane. Push email without notification would likely kill my battery. I, for one, don't need push and might find push to either hurt my sanity and/or deplete my battery.