I Don't Want My Phone To Auto-Check Email!

Link: Reader Poll: Does Your Phone Auto-Check Email?. If you are in a law firm that requires you to carry a BlackBerry and be available at all times for push email (email is "pushed" to your phone whether you like it or not), you need to get politically active, and cancel the rule. I never could understand why some lawyers expose themselves to being buzzed whenever a new email comes in. Just because somebody feels the need to contact you does not mean that you have to answer. Push email is like a ringing telephone. The urge to answer it is overwhelming. I prefer to be in control. When I carry my Centro around, I wait until I feel like it to check email and messages. I even set the phone on silent ring most of the time. Not too much in law practice is such an emergency that it can't wait an hour or so. If you have such a practice, think long and hard about getting a life.

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[Norcross]

I have my Dash set up with 5 email addresses that it checks on 15 min intervals. That being said, I use that crazy "off" button when I don't want to be disturbed.