Despite efforts to reinvent traditional email with the likes of Gmail and Mailbox, users are stuck with pretty much the same experience in the end. But a new app called Ping hopes to change all that.
The Verge reported Thursday that a new iPhone app named Ping will debut on September 18 and promises to combine email with instant messaging in a "fascinating and useful new way."
Despite the unfortunate name that immediately brings up bitter memories of Apple's failed social network for music, the teaser video for the Ping app certainly looks promising enough, with a conversation-style inbox that shows a list of names while the subject lines are hidden. It also uses a variety of email services including iCloud, unlike competitors like Mailbox, which remains a Gmail client for now.
While communicating with users who aren't using Ping, the app can only do so much to disguise that it's just an email client, but when both users are part of the Ping service, boring emails become more like instant messaging, complete with read receipts, typing indicators and MMS-style attachments. Ping also integrates video and voice chat as well.
Despite all of these advancements, the report concludes that Ping is "a bit rough around the edges, doesn't always sync reliably, and isn't as fast as Mailbox," but real email junkies will probably want to head to the company's website and enter their mobile number to reserve a place in line to try it out anyway.
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