AOL
Web Mail Offers Access to Yahoo! Mail and Gmail
AOL
has launched enhanced version of AOL Web Mail that will offer users
one-click access to
Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and other
third-party sites from the AOL Web Mail page. With over 30 new features,
the new version is being released globally, in more than 38 countries.
"Web
Mail is an integral part of the AOL experience and at the heart of our
product offerings," said Ted Cahall, president, AOL Products and
Technologies. "With this new release, we can showcase the important role
AOL products continue to play in the company. Enhancing products that
already attract a large, engaged audience is a key goal for our
organization."
Key
features of AOL's new Web Mail product include:
- Access to Third-Party
E-mail Accounts: The third-party mail plug-ins allow users to
preview Yahoo! Mail and Gmail within the AOL Web Mail
- Performance: AOL
says it has increased the speed and performance of its Web Mail
experience, and enhanced the user interface to make it more intuitive
- Themed Skins: More
than 45 new "skins" or themes will let users personalize their page
- Plug-in Gallery:
Users can customize their Web Mail page by choosing from new plug-ins
offering one-click access to sites, content, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
The Gallery also offers access to all of the AOL gadgets currently
stored in the myAOL Gallery. In addition, AOL is inviting third-party
developers to create new gadgets for Web Mail
- AOL Sync: Users can
make real-time updates to AOL Calendar and Address Book from their
desktop or wireless devices, including the Blackberry and iPhone
This
launch, says the company, marks the first release from the AOL Product
and Technologies Group, created as one of the final steps in AOL's
transformation to an advertising-supported business.
The new group
includes several of AOL's products and platforms, including Mail,
MapQuest, AOL Search,
Truveo video search, and AOL Mobile, as
well as the back-end infrastructure supporting many of the company's
products and programming sites.
