If you feel like standing in a virtual line for a chance to try “email reimagined,” then hop on over to the App Store today and grab a free copy of Hop for iPhone. The app, previously known as Ping, is the latest in what seems to be an endless series of apps that are trying to figure out how to make email less email-like.
In the case of Hop, the idea is to make email feel more like instant messaging. It works with Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and iCloud email accounts, and rather than presenting you with another tired take on the traditional inbox, it organizes messages by person or group in a stream like that you’d see in Messages. All of those other emails — subscriptions, marketing emails, newsletters — go into their own separate workspace.
Other features of Hop include (from the Hop blog):
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A playful, easy interface: Communicate in a natural, dynamic environment with rich media sharing (personal photos, Web photos, video), voice recording, video chat, doodling and the all bells and whistles that make chatting fun. By doing away with the formal, antiquated letter format, unnatural terms like “Best Regards” are no longer a part of — For more information read the original article here.
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