AT&T XpressMail, Good Mobile Messaging, Microsoft Direct Push, and BlackBerry Solutions
AT&T’s mobile business email portfolio includes server-based and personal solutions for PDAs/smartphones/BlackBerrys, including Good Mobile Messaging, Microsoft Direct Push, BES/BIS and Xpress Mail for prosumers and SMBs (3/4/2008)

Price: $495

Sprint Nextel BlackBerry Solutions, Microsoft ActiveSync
Sprint Nextel offers a range of email solutions for SMBs and enterprise users, fortified by high-speed access, and enhanced by new global data roaming solutions. (4/1/2008)

Price: $495

T-Mobile USA BlackBerry E-mail and Windows Mobile Solutions
T-Mobile offers BlackBerry and Windows Mobile email solutions for businesses; its aggressively priced plans appeal to SMBs and prosumers, but high-end enterprises will remain unimpressed until a 3G upgrade is complete. (7/7/2008)

Price: $495

Verizon Wireless Wireless Sync, Microsoft Direct Push, and BlackBerry Solutions
Verizon Wireless offers a wide variety of email solutions on business handsets, with server- based, hosted and middlewareless options for different user segments. EV-DO Rev 0/Rev A speeds attract users to laptop and handheld business applications. (8/15/2008)

Price: $495

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