A few days ago we began hearing of limitations on the amount of push capable apps that could be used at any one time on a Windows Phone 7 handset. And well, it turns out that the limit is indeed correct and has been confirmed by Microsoft. Bottom line, Windows Phone 7 handsets will be more »

MahTweets for Windows Phone: Push Notifications from Paul Jenkins on Vimeo. It looks like a third party Twitter app has beaten the official Twitter app in the race to offer push notifications. The third party app is called MahTweets and they have announced that push notifications will soon be possible. The support will include mentions more »

The big news today is that finally, Google has push email and push calendar updates for the iPhone and other smartphones that can use the Exchange protocol. Users can now have their inboxes and calendars always up the the second they are updated thanks to a license to use the technology from Microsoft. I’ve got more »

Verizon Wireless has pushed the RemoSync application to its customers who use any of Verizon’s Get It Now-capable phones. This means that these users can now access their corporate e-mail even if they don’t have high-end a smartphone (e.g. Blackberry). For customers who are employed in businesses running the Microsoft Exchange Servers to handle their corporate email system, they can now enjoy almost the same service that Blackberry users enjoy, on their not-so-expensive mobile phones. Even sweeter is the fact that the service only costs $10 for a month’s access.

Aside from providing access to corporate email accounts, this push email technology also allow customers to download their Outlook contacts to their mobile phones or the other way around. Additionally, RemoSync also allows users to view their calendar events and even add or delete calendar entries from their mobile phones.

Helio has just become the first cellular provider to offer Gmail as a push service. Sure other carriers can take advantage of either POP or IMAP access, but push is so much nicer, because what is better than instant gratification. Helio users with an Ocean, Mysto or Fin will now have access to the “ultimate more »