Last week I wrote a review about Nokia's new Email Service that will eventually be a direct rival against other device email solutions like Blackberry Connect. Yesterday over at The N82 Blog I was curious as to why Nokia hasn't put out a version for the Nokia N82. They have versions for phones older than the N73...but no N82?
To my surprise, the first comment that was left on the article was from someone at Nokia that works on the Email Service team. He said,The next beta release includes support for the N82 and many more Nokia phones (in addition to those currently supported), as well as some exciting new features. As a user of Nokia Email service, you'll get an email the moment it's released. Thanks,
-Davis Fields
Nokia Email service
The part in bold is extremely exciting news. Some of the features that I hope they bring next are html email, remote folders (Gmail Labels), Sent Folder, and better battery consumption.
What's Coming Down The Pipeline, Straight From Nokia Beta Labs
Last month Davis posted over at Nokia Beta Labs an update of the email service and what features they are working on implementing in future versions. Check it out...Multiple Mailboxes: This beta version supports only one mailbox but future beta releases will include support for multiple mailboxes.
IMAP Folders: This beta version of Nokia Email service does not support IMAP folders but we are working on this feature for future releases.
HTML Mail: The beta version of Nokia Email service does not render HTML mail but we are working on this feature for future releases.
Mailbox Management Issues:
Sent Folder: It is a known issue that messages do not appear in the Sent folder on Nokia Email. They are being sent and will appear in your Email provider’s sent folder, and we are working to fix this bug in future releases.
Message Read / Email Deletions: This beta version of Nokia Email service does not support message read status updates or POP mail deletions on your server but we are working on this feature for future releases.
International Character Support: This beta version of Nokia Email service is only localized into English and does not support international characters. Future version of Nokia Email service will be localized and support these characters.
Awesome! I can live with that. Great to see that Nokia is actually listening to the feedback from all the users trying out this service. Hopefully the next version of Nokia Email comes sooner rather than later.
Have you been enjoying this new service, or are the negatives just too much for you to rely on?
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I still use SEVEN with my Nokia E71.
When Nokia can handle multiple accounts perhaps I will switch to Nokia.
I definitely would love remote folder support, SEVEN doesn't have this with my Google Apps account :(