If you were using the excuse that you couldn’t read your corporate email while on-the-go because you didn’t have a BlackBerry, you are now out of luck. Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today that it has created a way for consumers, who only own a basic feature phone, to read, delete, respond and compose emails. The announcement is perfectly timed with the arrival of the Samsung Instinct, which will be one of the first phones to have the capability. The service, which is provided by the mobile email company Seven, provides consumers access to the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes accounts. It also provides access to personal email accounts such as AOL (NYSE: TWX), Gmail, Windows Live and Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) Mail. However, what it does not do is sync with your calendar or contacts (so there’s still some excuses left). The app sounds pretty easy to use. When pre-loaded on a device, all the user has to do is click the Work tab and enter their server information, user name and password. Emails are then pushed to the user’s phone as they arrive in their desktop mailbox, and what’s key is that all changes made on the phone are automatically updated on the user’s desktop. Release.

As for the price, Sprint is still adhering to its promise to include “simply everything.” So, if you have one of the all-inclusive plans, there will be no additional charge. If you don’t, the app costs $10 a month, and even more because you should probably get a data plan. Sprint will initially support 11 phones: the Samsung Instinct; the Rumor and Fusic by LG; the RAZR, RAZR2 and KRZR by Motorola; the A900, A900M and M500 by Samsung; and the Katana, Katana II and 8400 by Sanyo.

Handsets pictured (left to right): Samsung Instinct; LG Rumor; Motorola KRZR; Samsung A900; Sanyo Katana.