I dunno my email seems realtime enough. I get growl notifications with new email and freak out if there's a red dot with a number in it on my iphone mail app.

I dunno my email seems realtime enough. I get growl notifications with new email and freak out if there's a red dot with a number in it on my iphone mail app. Heck I had to turn off the vibration or sound notifications of new email on my phone because of the sheer volume. I guess I kind of disagree - Email can be as "realtime" as you need it to be and IM/SMS seems to take care of the rest in my book.