BigPond®, Yahoo! & Hotmail Email
All Telstra mobiles that can access mobile internet will also support email access via the
My Place menu or BigPond Mobile Services. Simply go to Email, and sign in using your BigPond, Yahoo! or Hotmail account, just like you would online.
Want to see Mobile Email in action? Go to Next G™ Email On Your Mobile.
Other Mobile Email Providers
Alternatively, you can access other¹ email accounts on your email capable mobile phone via the messaging folder. To set-up email access on your mobile visit the mobile phone setup tool.
hiptop®
You can access up to four email accounts with the Telstra hiptop offer. You'll have your own hiptop email address, plus BigPond email comes pre-loaded for existing BigPond customers. So there's really no excuse for not staying in touch.
The Telstra hiptop offer gives you access to:
- email - no prompting to get email, messages are sent to you automatically
- MSN™ and Yahoo! Messenger – just like your PC, the hiptop supports up to 10 Instant Message (IM) chat sessions at once with Yahoo! and five with MSN Messenger
- SMS and MMS
- web browser
- the hiptop planning features – Calendar, Notes and To Do List – so you can keep track of upcoming events and parties
- mp3 player
- camera
- the BigPond Catalogue, where you can download games and applications
- real time back-up of your information to the server (so you can't lose your friends).
BlackBerry®
Telstra's BlackBerry Solution adds flexibility to your day by keeping you in contact in every way, with the people who matter most. It is a simple, all-in-one mobile solution providing voice, email access (of up to 10 accounts), SMS, MMS, mobile internet browsing, and calendar functionality.
Your BlackBerry Solution from Telstra gives you:
- email - no prompting to get email; messages are sent to you automatically
- mobile internet browsing via HTML and BigPond Mobile Services
- calendar and organiser access
- a mobile phone for voice calls and text messages
- access to applications such as print to a fax, email preview and spell check.
Depending on how frequently you access your email and your email type, Telstra has a mobile email solution to fit your needs.

| Mobile Email Solution | BigPondŽ, Yahoo! & Hotmail Email | Other Mobile Email Providers | hiptop | BlackBerry Individual Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Access through BigPond Mobile Services menu |
Access through the mobile email client |
Access through the hiptop email client |
Access through the BlackBerry email client |
| Handset | Mobile |
Mobile |
PDA – hiptop |
PDA – BlackBerry (eg. Pearl) |
| BigPond email access | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hotmail access | Yes |
No |
Via the web browser |
Via the web browser |
| Yahoo! email access | Yes |
Yes |
Via the web browser |
Via the web browser |
| Other email access | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Set-up / access |
No set-up required.
Access through the BigPond Mobile Services menu |
Set-up through the Mobile Configuration
tool
|
Set-up through the hiptop email client
|
Set-up through the BlackBerry
|
| Price | Based on the Browsing Pack selected |
Charged at standard data rates |
Included in the hiptop plan offer |
Choice of three plans |
Things you need to know

