As RIM continues to sweep up the mobile device marketing, Microsoft has announced that they will offer push e-mail themselves, but not until October. This delayed response may be due to extensive testing, but whatever the reason it may be too late. Too many companies have either commited or are going to commit to RIM in the near future. The BlackBerry maker’s Q2 results may be interesting to look at, given that Microsoft announced their intentions to produce a push product sometime ago.

Tech Ed: Microsoft plans mobile e-mail push upgrade – Computerworld