Delay getting new gmails in Mail

Hi -
For some reason there's a pretty major delay - sometimes 30 minutes-plus - in seeing new email in my inbox on apple Mail. I know because they come in just fine on my iphone, iPad, and web gmail.
I have everything set up via IMAP, which is the recommended course. Even when I hit Get Mail manually, it doesn't get the new mail.
What's the deal?! Is this part of the Apple-Google dustup or something? Any help would be MUCh appreciated!!
Thanks,
Andrew

This is still an issue, not just with gmail but with godaddy. Email will arrive on my iPhone but not on my computer for 20 or 30 minutes or more. Sometimes it helps to close and reopen Mail on my Macbook Pro; in that case all the backed up stuff usually comes rushing in. But these delays are a big pain. Anybody having any success in solving this? Thanks.
PS--I just found this KB article that is relevant. Makes it seem that this is just the way life is, which is absurd:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5367?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
A simpler approach is simply to turn off wifi momentarily (using icon in menubar) and then turn it back on. Again, not a very satisfactory solution.

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