Smart launches flat-rate, push mobile email

SMART Communications Inc. has launched the beta phase of Smart mobile email, the country’s first daily flat-rate, unlimited “push” email solution meant to work on all handset models, old or advanced.

“In the same way that Smart’s innovative but affordable offerings made the use of voice and SMS ubiquitous, we would like to turn email into another universally available service from which the everyday Filipino may benefit,” said Danilo J. Mojica, head of Smart’s Wireless Consumer Division.

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Smart mobile email provides all Smart subscribers, regardless of the handset they use, easy access to email through their mobile phone. For a flat rate and in a manner as easy as text messaging, Smart subscribers can read and send emails while on the go.

 

For only P20 per day, individuals can register and have access to up to two email accounts, allowing them to have their emails automatically sent to their Smart handset from their personal accounts with the most popular email providers such as Gmail, Windows Live!, and Hotmail, Facebook via RSS feeds, among others. Yahoo! is expected to be available by the first quarter of 2010.

Setup
Smart’s mobile email also offers 30 days or one-month access for P199.

Smart subscribers can set up their mobile email anytime through a quick and easy procedure done in a few clicks on their handset. Regardless of handset type, a subscriber simply needs to text MAIL to 7077 to trigger setup instructions.

For Smart Buddy subscribers, payment for SMART’s mobile email subscription will be immediately deducted from their prepaid load. The subscriber just needs to maintain a P1 load balance while subscribed to the service. For Smart Gold postpaid subscribers, payment for the chosen package will be billed upon subscription.