If you’ve been reading The Gadgeteer for any length of time, you know how I like to drone on and on about how I can’t use a tablet or smartphone as my only “computer” when I travel because of one main reason. That reason is Gmail. I use Gmail as my email client of choice […]
We’ve all been there…with our finger hovering over our mouse…conflicted. Should I send? Then, the feeling of intense fear and anxiety that courses through every part of you when you actually hit send and you see a typo, or you realize you should have just deleted the whole thing and not told your boss how
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This post brought to you by Unsend It, LLC. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Gadgeteer. Have you ever pressed the send key and immediately shrieked when you realized that you had “replied all” with your snarky email instead of to just that one person you meant to select? Or have
Don’t we all know someone like this? 🙂 Thanks Weird Al and Tricky. Now stop forwarding your crap to me! 🙂
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According to comScore figures, Hotmail from Microsoft was still the leading online email system as of June, with around 324 million users or about 36% of the global market. However, they have been losing market share, primarily to Google’s Gmail. Hotmail was launched in 1996, and there hasn’t been a lot of work done on it since then.
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Fluent is a project being worked on by 3 Australian (Aussie..Aussie..Aussie..oi…oi..oi) ex-Google employees. Gmail content is presented in a web-based work-flow oriented stream rather than your traditional inbox format, which allows you to access items more quickly and efficiently. Ease of browsing attachments and searching is also addressed, as well as various other features. You
This review is the culmination of a 2 year saga I’ve experienced with a potentially game changing product called Peek. It offers unlimited email and text messaging using an always on cellular network for between $10 and $20 per month with no contract. Unfortunately, the whole operation may go down in flames because of a total network
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The makers of the Peek Pronto have introduced a new device; the Peek 9. Great! What is it? Is it a phone? A scientific calculator? A digital dictionary? I got it, it’s an Electronic Foreign Language Translator! Actually it is none of those things. It is an Email Device. It probably should be some or
MailTones is an app for your iPhone that lets you associate email from different people with different tones.
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Do you sometimes wish that you could email the latest family news and pictures to Grandma or Grandpa, but can’t because they don’t have a computer? Sunnygram offers an email service to connect to these “unplugged” people in your life. With Sunnygram, you assign an email address to a non-emailer (such as Gr*****@su*******.com), and then
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I finally did it. I have untethered myself from my server based email. It’s something I had been thinking about for a very long time, but just never pulled the trigger. Two weeks ago The Gadgeteer server had a hiccup that made everything inaccessible for the better part of a day. That experience of being
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The MailStation is a single purpose portable Email appliance. It’s marketed towards people that do not want a computer but just need a way to send and receive email. Specs: Address Book stores up to 1000 contacts Stores approximately 400 typical E-Mail messages 3-6 weeks Battery Operation via 3-AA batteries Integrated 33.6 KBps Fax /