Alright, I just bought my first android phone and I have to say I love it. This phone is just so much more powerful than my old Blackberry Tour. However, I'm sorry to say this is another thread from an old blackberry user trying to figure out how to make the android operating system work like my previous phone. My main questions are with the email app:

1.)Is there a way to highlight multiply messages and mark them as read? On the blackberry I would simply hold down the shift key to highlight multiple messages. This would be really useful since I receive a lot of emails a day.

2.)My emails all have a pink bar all the way to the left oh their headings in my inbox. What is this and is there a way to change the color?

3.)Currently I simply added my email to the phone through pop3. Is there a way to receive email faster on this phone using push like the blackberry? For instance, If sync my email with my new google account will the phone receive the emails faster?

Thanks for any help. Sorry for the long post, it is my first one.