Blackberry on Optus

Hi,

I am totally confused. Tomorrow I am going to go to my local Optu$
store and get myself a Blackberry 9700.

Can I used my TPG or Gmail email services for push email or do I have
to pay for Blackberry mail server hosting with my company domain name?

Any help is appreciated.

TIA,

Derick
Derick P Burns BNg, AC Ng, Dip Para Sci (Amb), Dip OH&S, Dip Bus, Dip CH, MACAP, MACEN, MAITD RN (Ret.)

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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +1030, Derick P Burns <aussiemedic@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am totally confused. Tomorrow I am going to go to my local Optu$
>store and get myself a Blackberry 9700.
>
>Can I used my TPG or Gmail email services for push email or do I have
>to pay for Blackberry mail server hosting with my company domain name?

You can push GMail to the Blackberry.

I had this running for a while (sorry don't have a reference for you) until
I switched to BIS on Telstra, which IMO is pretty flawless.

Try this, may be dead
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/mobile.html
>

(Suggest you leave your contact details off any newsgroup postings!)

On 6/01/2010 21:05, Polly the Parrot wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +1030, Derick P Burns<aussiemedic@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am totally confused. Tomorrow I am going to go to my local Optu$
>> store and get myself a Blackberry 9700.
>>
>> Can I used my TPG or Gmail email services for push email or do I have
>> to pay for Blackberry mail server hosting with my company domain name?
>
> You can push GMail to the Blackberry.
>
> I had this running for a while (sorry don't have a reference for you) until
> I switched to BIS on Telstra, which IMO is pretty flawless.
>
> Try this, may be dead
> http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/mobile.html
>>
>
> (Suggest you leave your contact details off any newsgroup postings!)

You can also use internet access to use the Gmail apps. Point your
browser to m.google.com and download the app. You can get the calendar
and contacts on your blackberry with no blackberry service, just
internet and the Sync app. No BIS crap required.

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:11 +1000, s b <other-news@runbox.com> wrote:

>On 6/01/2010 21:05, Polly the Parrot wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +1030, Derick P Burns<aussiemedic@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am totally confused. Tomorrow I am going to go to my local Optu$
>>> store and get myself a Blackberry 9700.
>>>
>>> Can I used my TPG or Gmail email services for push email or do I have
>>> to pay for Blackberry mail server hosting with my company domain name?
>>
>> You can push GMail to the Blackberry.
>>
>> I had this running for a while (sorry don't have a reference for you) until
>> I switched to BIS on Telstra, which IMO is pretty flawless.
>>
>> Try this, may be dead
>> http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/mobile.html
>>>
>>
>> (Suggest you leave your contact details off any newsgroup postings!)
>
>You can also use internet access to use the Gmail apps. Point your
>browser to m.google.com and download the app. You can get the calendar
>and contacts on your blackberry with no blackberry service, just
>internet and the Sync app. No BIS crap required.

Thanks for the help. I have have figured out the Gmail service. I also
found out that I can set-up a limited number of email accounts through
the Optu$ BlackBerry web site. It works fine for me and I also found
out that I don't need to get my business email hosted separately.

Derick