Mailsuite's 98% data compression means non-RIM devices don't suck when roaming

I got this text in from Dan Field just now. Dan is one of the founders at Mailsuite. He sent me a tweet-reply this afternoon pointing out that Mailsuite’s services can really help with the issue I wrote about this morning.

I challenged him to write a quick reply. Here we go:

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Very interesting piece, Ewan… we ran our own research and found the same thing – it’s far too easy to run up big data bills and also kill your battery just by using a basic a feature such as automatic email updates – see the recent Sunday Times article “Hello, caller, checking your email has cost £5,000”!

People like to have multiple messaging accounts set up (Email, Exchange, Twitter, Yammer, etc) and want instant access to these messages. A standard smartphone polls/checks all messages for each account, and downloading every new message including spam, images and in many cases all attachments too.

MailSuite effectively turns any standard smartphone into a Blackberry. We unify all of your messaging accounts (including Twitter, Yammer, etc) saving the individual polling for new messages, compress the data by up 98% (average 96%) and give full push email so there isn’t so much of the constant polling (all with no software to install).

A big issue with today’s smartphones it’s all too easy to set up all of your messaging accounts and hit the road… at least until about midday when your battery dries out! Both the end user and the MNO need the tools to manage this data, that’s Mailsuite!

Highly interesting. 96% average compression? That is absolutely phenomenal!

If you’d like to test out Dan’s claims, get yourself an account at www.mailsuite.com. I’m going to do that now.