I have become a big fan of the Apple iPhone since I move do the iPhone 3G about 5 months ago. The one area that it is a bit lacking is serious email. Its email client is pretty good, but it lacks the robustness of a Blackberry for doing corporate email. If you've ever used a Blackberry, you know what good mobile email is and the iPhone isn't it. Up until now, the Android platform which is much newer, has had a similar place in the "serious email" space.

SEVEN, a global leader in mobile email and messaging software, has announced the availability of their mobile messaging solution for the Android platform. SEVEN is the first Android solution to address both personal and business mobile email—along with calendars and contacts—on one intuitive and integrated client interface. The SEVEN Android client is available today for carriers and device manufacturers who plan to embed mobile email solutions on Android devices. SEVEN sells their solution to carriers and so it is usually a monthly fee based service. That said, it is a very good solution that can give a Blackberry-like experience on non-Blackberry devices.

SEVEN on the Android platform will provide these features that have resulted in other highly successful messaging services:

• Easy Activation - Two-click activation that's available today from SEVEN on many devices can also be pre-configured for Android so that end-users only have to enter their email address and password.
• Support for Corporate Email - Provides mobile subscribers with seamless and secure access to Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino corporate email, which represents 80% of the corporate email services in use without installing any software behind the firewall.
• Support for Internet Email - Consumers have instant access to multiple accounts from popular providers such as AOL, Gmail, Microsoft Live Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo! and other internet email providers as needed to support local markets.
• Integrated Contact Management and Search - Supports contacts stored on the device as well as remote contact lists from personal address books and corporate directories.
• Calendar Support - Ability to edit, delete and add appointments from personal or business calendars including Microsoft Exchange.

For more information, refer to the SEVEN site announcement.