AOL has improved it’s email service finally. The service, though nothing good when compared to Google’s Gmail, is quite a cool one.
The new interface is being powered by Microsoft’s SilverLight technology. The mailbox now resembles much to Yahoo! Mail. Integrated AIM and a few plugins alongside remains the only unique features of the all new AOL Mail. The storage is now unlimited but the interface is ad flooded. And to add a bit more to the pain, the ads rotate time to time even if you remain stationary.
But the positive side is that AOL Mail can load and operate fairly well even if you’re using their standard version with a 5kbps internet connection like me. And that’s a great win over Gmail. I can not use Gmail’s latest (standard) version with this slow internet connection.
ICQ Mail and Goowy Inc has already migrated to AOL Mail. And now, AOL has introduced a new offer to it’s users. With TunoMe service you can choose an email address over a huge numbers of domains. I recently chose masnun@mcom.com from them. But this service is still limited to USA and Canada residents since it still is in beta.
Alongside the basic version, there is another “Accesible version”.
Like Gmail and unlike Yahoo! Mail, AOL mail has free IMAP and POP3 access.
There’s a nice mobile version as well.
But they give tagline ads on outgoing emails.
In a quick look, the all new AOL mail seems to be a mixture of Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. I am just testing how fine it works. They are still in beta but I believe they can do a good job if they extend their services to more and more countries.