AOL's New Alto Client Is Visual Email, and You Don't Need a New Address

pigrabbitbear writes "AOL, still looking to reboot itself from the dialup days, is shooting to actually change the way we deal with email. The company's new service, called Alto, isn't a new email client. You don't have to sign up for yet another email address, because as David Temkin, AOL's senior VP of mail said, 'We need another email address like we need a hole in the head.' Instead, Alto, which is in limited release starting today, is designed to be an intelligent aggregator of the email accounts you already have."

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Alto = web-based email client

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> Alto...is...an...aggregator of the email accounts you already have."

Aha - a web-based email client.

Re:Alto = web-based email client

[SeaFox]

>> Alto...is...an...aggregator of the email accounts you already have."

Aha - a web-based email client.

I read it like this:

AOL (in pitiful voice): "Please, oh please give us your email credentials and let us datamine all your accounts. Nobody wants to use our email addresses anymore!"

Re:Wow

[CanHasDIY]

Alto isn't a new email client. You don't have to sign up for yet another email address

Now, somebody enlighten me: since when, if one switches email clients, the one needs to get another email address?

Since the definition of "email client" changed from "software you use to read your emails" to "corporation that provides your email service via the web browser," apparently.

Re:Not another one...

[Anonymous Coward]

You're so l33t.