Google sync for Windows Mobile: bye bye, Microsoft Exchange

The one area where Windows Mobile has the edge on it's competitors is the instant push mail functionality in collaboration with a Microsoft Exchange server. Google now managed to leverage that to give you instant email on Windows Mobile.

Gmail is a wonderfull service, but the Gmail application for Windows Mobile has the disadvantage that you need to start it up to check your emails. It is not possible to glance at your home screen to see if you have new mail.

The Google Sync beta feature of Gmail solves that problem. You just enter m.google.com as the adress of your Microsoft Exchange server and you're all set. Besides your emails, also your calendar and contacts can be synced. When you receive a new email, within secondsyou will see it appear on your home screen.

One thing I would like to see is that someone sets up an email aggregation service. You would enter your different email accounts (Gmail, Hotmail, Exchange, pop3/smtp) in the aggregator and your various mail clients (outlook, windows mobile activesync) woudl sync against the aggregation service.

If anyone knows of such a service, let me know!