.Mac mail to iphone not occuring every 30 minutes as set

I have the phone set to retrieve mail from .Mac every 30 minutes. It is not doing this. When I go into Mail, that is when it starts to retrieve mail.
It seemed to be working a few days ago. I wonder if this stopped with the 1.1.1 update?

The difference between POP and IMAP are the difference in how the two protocols work. Essentially, messages are removed from the email host's servers (in your case swbell.net) when using POP, wherease IMAP leaves a copy of the messages on the server for later. You will notice a difference for instance, if you had another machine you wanted to set up a mail client on or if you had to perform an erase in reinstall, you'd lose all emails if you used POP without making the client leave the messages on the server since they only exist on your mac.
In Mac Mail's Preferences -> Accounts -> Account Information, you can tell Mac Mail to stop deleting the message from the server so your iPad and other devices can also grab the messages as well.
As far as mailboxes, with a POP account, those mailboxes are created locally, so they only exist on  your mac. If the account was IMAP, you'd have the option to create the mailbox on the server, which would allow you to not worry about losing messages in the event of an erase and reinstall, especially if you didn't have a backup.
The iPhone and other devices will only be able to grab what is set up on the server, so in my opinion, IMAP is the superior protocol, as it has less chance for data loss than POP, even if you don't have a backup. Providers such as GMail and Yahoo offer both, but most Gmail accounts are IMAP, and it simply depends on your account if your provider is Yahoo.
iCloud is completely different; It is an IMAP email server provided by Apple. Think of it as another email address you have. Unfortunately, it will do you no good unless you start using it for email as you do with your current one.
Hopefully that helps a little and isn't too technical.

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