Would You Leave MobileMe With Push for Gmail?

Darrell Etherington at The Apple Blog is ready to leave MobileMe if Gpush makes it to the iPhone. Gpush is an iPhone app that would essentially bring push Gmail to the iPhone.

The question surrounding GPush isn’t whether it can pull off what it claims to be able to. That it can do just fine, as TechCrunch’s tests prove. The question is, will Apple ever allow GPush to exist in a form that’s widely available to all users via the App Store? Cupertino has a vested interest in blocking Gmail push, since some users (like me, for instance) might walk away from MobileMe were it to become available, resulting in an obvious loss in revenue.

First, I will likely stay with Mail on the iPhone. I have too many email accounts to jump ship. But even if I didn’t, I’d stick with MobileMe for the cross-computer syncing, iCal syncing with iPhone and Address Book/Contacts syncing for iPhone.

Certainly some folks will leave, but I bet more would stay and some of those who did leave would return.