August 20th, 2010
Lee Parry, Yahoo! Mail Product Manager in the US recently posted this announcement about the new Mail app for the iPad.
Here at Yahoo! we’re always striving to give our users the best possible communications experience across all the devices they use. In recent months we’ve released some great new Yahoo! Mail products for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPod touch and Android phones. Now we are setting our sights on the iPad.
If you’ve used our recently launched HTML5 mobile Web mail for iPhone you’ll feel right at home. We’ve kept all the things users love about our new mobile Web mail experience, while also optimizing for the gorgeous large screen of the iPad. You can expect the iPad experience to be:
- Faster and more reliable: If you’re offline, Yahoo! Mail uses local caching capabilities to help you access and search your messages even without an Internet connection.
- Smart: You can find and organize your messages using Full Search, personal folders and Smart Folders with messages from your most important contacts and optimized views for photos and file attachments.
- Feature Rich: View rich photo attachments in their full form, or as previews directly in the inbox view. Also includes a dual-pane view to make reading and organizing a breeze.
The new Yahoo! Mail experience will be available globally to anyone who has an iPad. So if you do have one, simply open up Safari and head on over to http://mail.yahoo.com to try it for yourself.
Of course this is just the first version, and we’ll be constantly iterating to add new features, improve performance, and make Yahoo! Mail for iPad the best it can possibly be. And please let us know what you think. One of the great things about working on Yahoo! Mail is getting so much direct feedback from our users. It’s so exciting to hear about how people are using the products, and also to hear your ideas for how we can make our experiences even better.
We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about the new Yahoo! Mail for iPad. Enjoy!
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail team
August 4th, 2010
I am a big fan of customisation options and that’s why I am particularly excited about this new Mail app launched last week. 
Just a quick recap: Apps in Mail let you activate all sorts of additional features that enhance your experience.
And to introduce this new app, here’s Fernando Saturno (a former Yahoo! and friend), Director of Product for Fontself in his own words.
Enjoy, Tasla Worth – Yahoo!7 Mail Team
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We are really proud to announce that Fontself is now available in Yahoo!7 Mail. With the new My Cool Fonts application, now you can add a bit of colour and style to your messages using a variety of original hand-drawn fonts, and send eye-catching emails to your friends.
Just remembered it was your friend’s birthday? Want to let someone know how much you miss them? How about making the invite for your upcoming party a bit more memorable? Or even better, why not send a funky message to your friends just for fun?
With My Cool Fonts you can always find a cool font that suits your mood and gives your email messages that very personal touch. Your personalised emails will not only stand out in a crowded inbox, but will also surprise your friends and even put a smile on their faces.
Creating colourful emails using our original fonts is very easy. First, click on this link to take you to the Applications gallery where you can install the My Cool Fonts application. Just launch the My Cool Fonts app from the Applications menu, select a font, type a message, click on “Create email” and Voilà!! A new email gets created, and you can then add any other text or attachments to your illustrated message.
Be creative! Whether you are trying to impress your friends or getting your point across in a funny way, there are plenty of styles and colours to choose from in our growing library of free fonts.
Below are samples from just of few of them:
Most of these fonts have its own set of smileys, which you can browse and easily insert into your message from the Smileys menu. See the complete list of smileys here
We’ll also be adding some very cool personalisation features very soon, so keep an eye out for them!
Enjoy!
Fernando Saturno – Fontself
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