Sidekick email is Push email bro, additionally you can set up 3 seperate POP accounts on the device, which pop every 15 min or you can manually fetch mail when you want.  But standard @tmail is push.  The blackberry might appeal to someone who needs VPN access, but overall the blackberry is a joke in every sense, look at that pos, it looks like a pack of baseball cards.  Also the Kick is just so much more fun to use and cool looking.