Email settings: POP vs. IMAP...Which is better?

I use my iPhone for work, like many of us do. I came from a balckberry, so I am use to getting my emails instantly..... I will say that is about the only thing I miss.....
I can set up my work email as either a pop or imap. Which is better? Do they both fetch? I wish the iPhone offered push email (I'm sure I am not the only one).
thoughts, comments, ideas, sloutions???/

The only reason push access is supported with every email account accessed with a Blackberry is because every email account is routed through RIM's dedicated email delivery service for the Blackberry which includes some features not available otherwise.
Different from a Blackberry, the iPhone's Mail app communicates direct with the incoming mail server for an email account - no different from accessing the account with an email client on your computer. The email account must support Push access with the iPhone's Mail app, and that is with an Exchange account, a MobileMe account, and with a Yahoo account created with the Yahoo account preset. A Gmail account can be accessed as an Exchange account with the iPhone's Mail app.

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I am planning to buy an iPhone soon and am contemplating how to set up my email.
The "genius" (and I use that term loosely) at the Apple Store said only IMAP accounts work well with iPhones. The only one he could think of was Gmail, which I've used and don't particularly care for. I have a POP account and am unsure what the advantages/disadvantages are of using that with an iPhone?
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Chuck the Designer,
The discussion of POP vs. IMAP is kind of like do you prefer have a Post Office Box, or a secretary to help sort/keep track of your email.
This article discusses it as well:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51729
With IMAP the status of the messages is the same however you access it. If you reply to a message on the iPhone, it shows as having been replied to on web-based email, and on your computer. If you read a message on one, it shows as read on the others as well.
If you have folders on the IMAP server, and move a message to one of those folders, it is in that folder on the other mail clients you access it with.
POP3 was not designed for being accessed from multiple computers, and can have issues like POP locks if you check it at the same time from more than one device. For example leave your computer on checking email, and then check at the same time from the iPhone. This article discusses that issue:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307009
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Microsoft Exchange servers have IMAP service, but is often disabled by the server admin. This article discusses what needs to be configured on the corporate mail server to work with the iPhone securely:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307313
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