From memory, the applications cannot run in the background as they are java based so you have to open the app each time. Is that what you mean??
Ahh ok, not what i thought then.
Ive set the email up on the phone instead, and it connects and checks every 30mins(could do it every 15) to look for emails.
It just wont vibrate when i get an email
Looked in all the bloody settings aswell