http://startupsquad.com/2006/11/21/berggi-offers-unlimited-emailmessaging-for-cheap/ Tech and Money Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:08:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://startupsquad.com/2006/11/21/berggi-offers-unlimited-emailmessaging-for-cheap/#comment-2034 StartupSquad » Blog Archive » flipMail = more mobile email Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:30:31 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/11/21/berggi-offers-unlimited-emailmessaging-for-cheap/#comment-2034 [...] Related:Flurry’s mobile email service gets fundedBerggi offers unlimited email+messaging for cheap [...] [...] Related:Flurry’s mobile email service gets fundedBerggi offers unlimited email+messaging for cheap [...]

]]> http://startupsquad.com/2006/11/21/berggi-offers-unlimited-emailmessaging-for-cheap/#comment-2033 StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Flurry’s mobile email service gets funded Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:25:03 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/11/21/berggi-offers-unlimited-emailmessaging-for-cheap/#comment-2033 [...] However Flurry is not really the first startup attempting this. Blackberry has perfected this feature set for the enterprise customers years back, while Google, Windows Mobile, Good, Berggi also have very strong products targeting mobile users. Comparing Flurry to Google’s offering there are couple of big issues. Flurry lacks the ability to sync/fetch contacts whereas Google mobile client brings up the contacts just as in the web counterpart. Automating the contact import and sync part with email service providers can help in this case. Also as you go through your messages with Flurry, the status doesn’t get updated on the email server. Again Google’s application works only on Blackberry while Flurry works on a wider range of devices that need a cheaper data plan(Blackberry $45 vs Cingular’s MEdia Net 5 M package for $9.99/month). [...] [...] However Flurry is not really the first startup attempting this. Blackberry has perfected this feature set for the enterprise customers years back, while Google, Windows Mobile, Good, Berggi also have very strong products targeting mobile users. Comparing Flurry to Google’s offering there are couple of big issues. Flurry lacks the ability to sync/fetch contacts whereas Google mobile client brings up the contacts just as in the web counterpart. Automating the contact import and sync part with email service providers can help in this case. Also as you go through your messages with Flurry, the status doesn’t get updated on the email server. Again Google’s application works only on Blackberry while Flurry works on a wider range of devices that need a cheaper data plan(Blackberry $45 vs Cingular’s MEdia Net 5 M package for $9.99/month). [...]

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