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I was reading an article on one of my favorite tech blogs Gizmodo and they were taking a poll on whether you love, hate, or do not care about push e-mail. For those of you who do not know what push e-mail is, it is basically your phone retrieving e-mails from the server for you. The results are what I thought; 40% love (whether they use it a lot or not), about 20% feel they need to stay on top of things, 20% do not need, and about 20% hate.

When it comes to push e-mail Blackberry is still the king. They did a side by side comparison with the iphone and it takes the iphone approximately 5 times longer to receive their e-mails. Now I am currently on an Exchange Server hosted by Rackspace, and I only get my work e-mails on my Blackberry. It can be very annoying if you have G-Mail or Yahoo Mail, because the push e-mail may deliver 30 spam messages at 4 in the morning ( I know because it happened to me and my wife was not happy).

Many small and medium businesses out there thrive because they can stay on top of their customers needs. Push e-mail really helps that. If you have another device it can be very draining on the battery life since it is constantly trying to retrieve the info. The Blackberry servers deliver the info to your phone. If you have not tried a Blackberry try one out. If you are a business owner take The Smartphone Challenge and see what an extra hour of productivity a day can do for you!

We are so excited for the press we are getting with The Smartphone Challenge. Blackberry Cool has a podcast with the President of The Phone Store, Charlie Slaughter, and for those of you who are still not sold on trying out The Smartphone Challenge listen to the podcast. The podcast has a great Q&A session with Charlie Slaughter and it should answer any additional questions you may have. If you have any further questions as always contact us.

We have really tried to put together a great package any small to medium business can take advantage of. We have several partners ranging from Rackspace for your e-mail hosting to Otterbox to physically protect your device. We want to make sure all angles are covered so you are as satisfied as you deserve to be.You ask, “Why should I want one?” The very easy answer to that question is it will save you time and make you more productive. I am not constantly glued to my computer waiting to reply to important e-mails. I can meet with clients and my e-mails come through on my Blackberry.

Every single member of our staff believes in taking care of our customers like nobody else. That goes from the bottom to the very top of our company. You have nothing to lose! Sign up for The Smartphone Challenge, prepare for your devices, get ready for the party, and enjoy the Smartphone.

I grew up in El Paso, so naturally many of my friends and acquaintances live there. Well like many other people have done, I finally left the nest. I was so concerned to not lose my phone numbers I gave my wife the task of writing down all the numbers I had in my phone and her phone onto one big list. There has to be an easier way right? The good news is there is.

Depending on what phone and carrier you have you have a few options. Some of you that read this know I have a Blackberry with Exchange provided by Rackspace. Even though all my contacts stay in my Outlook, I like to back my data up using Desktop Mananger. This will keep all my contacts, games, ringers, and so on in a safe place. I also have Sprint which offers a wireless contact backup. When you enter a new contact into your phone it will synchronize with an online account you could retrieve later if needed. Verizon offers a version of it called Backup Assistant. ATT also offers their own flavor of the product.

So, I think doing this saves a lot of headaches and a lot of time. Not only that, but you have the peace of mind knowing your numbers will be there when you need them. It does not matter if you are a CEO of a huge business or my grandma this are useful services. So check it out and as always if you have any questions let us know.

We are excited to announce our partnership with Rackspace! The Phone Store and Rackspace are both driven by incredible support for their customers, so the match up for us is natural. Being partners with Rackspace, we have also developed the Smartphone Challenge to test out our abilities. Doing so will put a fleet of BlackBerrys in your company’s hands to test out with full Rackspace support. Check out the press release after the jump to find out more about our partnership. If you want to know more about the Smartphone Challenge, check it out here – www.smartphonechallenge.com

Read more about the new partnership at Forbes.com ».