The annoyances of mail on the iPhone

sent to apple product feedback...
The iPhone is a great product, that I enjoy a great deal, however mail is a very frustrating experience.
One can pay for .mac for ease of use on everything, integration with the home computer, iphone syncing, bookmarks.. but Apple's own service doesn't offer push email to the iPhone - bad.
One can sign up for Yahoo Mail, which offers no address book integration, allows no home imap acces, requires payment for home POP access (weak), but yet they are the only push provider.. wha? What good is push imap @yahoo if we can't get imap any other way!
One can use gmail, no integration, no push, free imap that has to be set up without the wizard(not apple's fault but needs to be addressed), horrible integration between folders and labels... bad choice.
The mail situation needs to be worked out, at present there is not ONE single solution that works well for mail on the iphone. Push is important, not only for staying up to date but also for reducing battery drain associated with regular polling.
You've all done such a wonderful job on the phone, the lack of a real mail solution (server wise) is a real disappointment and makes using the device MUCH more difficult / less satisfying. I know I'm not alone in the frustration with push/home management. At least please get .mac working with it - so I can give you more money

This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Contacts (Address Book).
First check that all your settings are correct, that contact syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the contacts you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' group and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.
If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your contacts are in the iCloud group, you might try unchecking contact syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling contact syncing.

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