Third Party Email Applications for the Treo 650

One of the things that the Treo 650 does really well is Email.  The Treo 650 includes an email application on all its ROMs called VersaMail.  VersaMail has a clean interface, and a good layout.  But there are several known issues with this application that make it unreliable.   Doing a search in this and other Treo forums will verify what I am trying to sum up here. If you don’t rely upon your email and you don’t use it often, VersaMail might be all you need. If your currently using VersaMail, you might want to bookmark PalmOne’s FAQ site.  If you start having problems with screen freezes, and resets, the solution probably resides in this Link.   But if your looking for something a little more robust, with lots of features, and more stable, you might consider a third party email application.  Below is a summary of three such applications. I would suggest that you take advantage of the Trials of all of these before purchasing. Each application has its pluses and minuses, so the trick is finding the one that is right for you!  The content below is borrowed from the manufacturers web sites with some commentary from me.

$49.95

With Agendus Mail SSL Edition, the stunningly powerful and easy to use e-mail application, all of your important business and personal e-mails are readily and securely accessible. You can access your e-mail on your PDA or Smartphone without any compromise, anywhere in the world, wirelessly or by synchronization with a desktop e-mail application.

With features such as unlimited wireless accounts, POP and IMAP support, native files attachment support, integrated SMS, SSL security over POP, IMAP and SMTP, Agendus Mail SSL Edition is one of the best in its class.

Features:

• Agendus Mail SSL Edition features a straightforward yet powerful set of SSL options, allowing anyone taking security seriously, to send and receive messages using encrypted communications.
• Don't let security concerns ruin your mobile day. No matter the level of security of the wireless network you're connected to, Agendus Mail SSL Edition will make sure that your messages and related attachments are safely delivered.
• Agendus Mail lets you send/receive e-mails wirelessly from your PDA or through Hotsync with our desktop conduit (for Outlook only)
• Agendus Mail lets you send/receive e-mails wirelessly from your PDA or through Hotsync with our desktop conduit (for Outlook only)
• Full native attachment support with or without memory card. For opening or editing attachments you need a mobile office application (sold separately), such as Quickoffice
• Send/receive HTML e-mails
• 100% compliant with popular e-mail protocols such as POP, IMAP and SMTP
• Agendus Mail conduit allows you to receive and respond to e-mails through your desktop application
• Write e-mails on your PDA and send them from your desktop, or receive e-mails on you desktop and read them on your PDA
• Or, Bluetooth-compatibility allows you to send/receive e-mails wirelessly
• Full featured IMAP support, including folder synchronization and progressive e-mail retrieval
• Integrated SMS support for enabled PDAs and Smartphones (Palm OS 4.1 or higher with Telephony support or Treo)
• Send short messages up to 160 characters in length between mobile devices
• When you install both Agendus Mail and Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition you get the powerful toolbar and features that made Agendus the best selling Palm application
• You can save contacts to your contact list or schedule meeting and to dos right from the e-mail list
• Also, you can send e-mails and SMSs from your contact list to save even more time

$39.95

Without a doubt, my favorite email application!  Chatter supports push IMAP email with up to eight email accounts. And you can have several more POP3 accounts set up also.  What sets Chatter apart from Agendus and Snapper is the Summary page.  You can set up Individual accounts with different colors to easily define which account received mail.  The summary screen allows you to view all accounts on one page. Each account is very customizable and probably has the best interface of all three of the apps featured here.  Chatter has set up a “test account” free for 6 months through everyone.net so that users can experience “push” email for themselves!  This application seems to be better supported than Agendus and Snapper, with lots of focus from the developer. Chatteremail's primary focus is to the more versatle, much faster IMAP email Protocol, but POP3 is fully supported. 

Below is a list of Chatteremail's features

 Enterprise Edition $59.95

And finally let me say that Palm's VersaMail might be all you need!  But if you find you are longing for more, Take the time to test drive the Treo Email applications above!