Can an older ios device use iCloud for email?

I have an iPhone with ios 5. I am a MobileMe user. My wife uses an older ipod touch to check our email. Will she still be able to check and send email on that older ipod touch? If so, how can I set it up? I am reluctant to make the move because of it. (I don't care about the photo streaming or anything else on the touch, just email.)

Push: When an email is received it is instantaneously sent to your devices (no waiting).
Fetch: You must retrieve the message yourself either by opening the mail app or on a routine basis (every 5 min, 15 min, hour) which is set in settings.
As far as I know, push uses more battery power but it is not a significant drain. However, if you are trying to squeeze every possible second out of your device you should set your email to fetch and set it for manual (meaning you would have to open the Mail app in order to check to see if you have any new email.
Personally, I'd set everything to push. That way everything is synchronized across all devices automatically.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4515
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