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Is it possible to set iPhone mail fecthing time < 15 minutes under iOS 5?

The current configuration only allows 15 minutes data pushing, but I need to react to my mail fast. Is there a way to get around this or an application that could help this?

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Yeah. Push it. [/nerd] – Jason Salaz♦ Oct 11 '12 at 4:44
What kind of address is it? Gmail, Yahoo Mail, something else? – Loïc Wolff Oct 11 '12 at 7:29
Sorry, what I mean is <15 mins data pushing, question edited :) – william007 Oct 12 '12 at 2:40
Who is your email provider? – segiddins Oct 12 '12 at 2:52
Hi, it's gmail. – william007 Oct 12 '12 at 3:14

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Set Push to ON (under settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendar->Fetch New Data). You can even select push or pull for each single mail account under Advanced.

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Who is your cell carrier and do they get that cool icon from Apple or do you need to modify the system to show the red colors there? – bmike♦ Oct 11 '12 at 15:36
That's Vodafone's logo, though I don't know about the rest of your question. :) – Dan J Oct 11 '12 at 18:31
This is a good tip, but it's dependent on your mail provider supporting push. Great if you use Exchange or Yahoo, but it's not supported for IMAP accounts (like Gmail). – robmathers Oct 11 '12 at 18:32
Yes I knew this setting, as you can see the minimum is Every 15 minutes, I would like to set it smaller than that..if not possible, I would wish to have an apps if there is available..I am using gmail. (Sorry for the typo "pull" in the question, I have edited it..what I mean is "push") – william007 Oct 12 '12 at 2:41
If you set us Gmail as an exchange account, it can do push. – segiddins Oct 12 '12 at 2:46
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