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I'm a long time user of Snappermail - and am switching to Chatter. Here are my reasons, not in any order:
1. Chatter has no upgrade fees for use on the Treo 600 and 650, although I predict some sort of upgrade charge for the Treo 700. I don't mind an upgrade charge, since keeping cash flowing to Marc will help keep him interested in future development. I just hope that when the time comes, the upgrade charge is cheap ($10 or less). By the way, Snapper charged a lot for moving from version 1 to version 2, and the initial prices are quite high to begin with.
2. I am getting to really like IMAP and push email.
3. I like Chatter's pop up window that lets me see the email message without closing the app I am in. If I want to read the whole email, I switch to Chatter. If the email isn't urgent, I just close the pop up and continue in my app. One problem I discovered here: I was typing in a long message (using Blazer) on the Treocentral site using the Treo 650, and a new Chatter message notification appeared. I deleted the pop-up, and my message I had typed in Blazer was also gone.
4. Chatter doesn't turn on the screen for maintenance at 3:00 am in the morning like Snapper does. It has awakened my wife in the middle of the night ("turn of your phone!!")
5. Chatter doesn't turn on the screen when communicating with the server like Snapper does.
6. If I mistakenly "junk" an email from Snapper v2, it is gone forever. This became a problem with Snapper in upgrading from version 1 to 2. In Chatter, when I mistakenly mark something for deletion from the server, I can undelete the email if I act quickly. Sometimes, I am flying through messages and accidently delete something I don't want to delete, so it is nice that Chatter lets me fix my mistake.
7. I like the background operation. I don't have to wait for email checking before I do something else on the Treo.
8. I like the server folder search of Chatter. I can move messages to specific folders on my Fastmail server and they are no longer on the Treo. Then, if I need to look at a message, I can search Fastmail's folder and retrieve any message I may need.
9. Finally, Chatter is fun to use and customize. It's hard to explain, but right now it is fun to use and learn.
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