Vodafone today announces the roll out of push email, a service providing real-time, secure and remote access to email, contacts and calendar direct to a range of business-focused mobile devices. Although there are some quality issues on MPx 220, Vodafone will make the smartphone available in their store. The MPx 220, along with Vodafone v1620, Nokia 6630 and Sony Ericsson P910i will support the push email service.

New email, calendar appointments and contact details are automatically 'pushed' to the customer's selected device and updates made on the device are automatically reflected on the customer's PC. In addition, customers can choose to download email attachments in popular office formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Adobe PDF.

During the launch phase, the range of devices that support the push email service will include the Vodafone v1620, the Motorola MPx220, the Nokia 6630 and the Sony Ericsson P910i. Additional devices that support push email functionality will be introduced into the range in the coming months.

The push email service is currently available from Vodafone Germany, Vodafone Greece, Vodafone Italy, SFR (France) and Elisa (Finland). Vodafone Spain is launching the service today with additional Vodafone markets launching push email over the course of this year.