Originally Posted by Praha

Push Email means that you set up mail accounts, and the mail they receive is pushed to the blackberry. What this means in real-life terms is... you can be wandering around.. grocery shopping, drinking at the bar, etc.. and your blackberry makes a little chime everytime you get an email about a new website signup, or a support email from a client.. or an email from a potential model...
This is not something where you have to start the internet service on your treo, then start the browser, then go to your webmail login page... etc.. the mail is pushed to the device without you doing anything. It works like SMS text messagin, you dont have to check for a new text message, you just get it. and you can respond right from the device as well obviously.

Gmail and Yahoo are pushed in realtime.. pop accounts there is maybe a 5 minute delay. Many times, my blackberry is going off about new gmail before its listed on the gmail webpage.

The IM clients are better too.. its not like loggin into a webpage version of an instant message program - you are actually running an IM client. I tried this on the treo and it sucked. on the BB its no different then being logged in at a desktop computer. Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ, AIM MSN.. everything is supported although some need third party software.

Google maps on the BB can stream traffic conditions in realtime and overlays them on the map. I'm not sure if the Treo can do this...

and of course its got a calendar, and alarms, address books weather programs etc...

For me, the BB is one of those things that once I got it.. I dont know how I ever lived without it.

the BB is about connectivity. You can be anywhere and be online with email and IM and web access.