MailTime
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{{Infobox software
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| title = MailTime
| logo = Mailtimelogo.png
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| released = {{Start date and age|2014|09|09}}
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| latest release version = 2.2.3
| latest release date = ({{release date and age|2015|12|22}})
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| operating system = iOS
| platform = iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
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| genre = Email client
| license = Freemium
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| website = {{URL|www.mailtime.com}}
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MailTime is a mobile messenger application for iOS and Android devices, developed by MailTime Technology Inc. in 2013. The application is known as "email messenger" which integrates the feature of email and text messages. MailTime operates on a freemium model.{{cite web|last1=Lawler|first1=Ryan|title=MailTime Turns Your Email Inbox Into An SMS Chat Session|date=9 September 2014 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/09/mailtime/
|publisher=TechCrunch}}{{cite web|last1=Reld|first1=Tori|title=Mailtime Puts What We Love About SMS in an Email Client |date=11 September 2014 |url=http://lifehacker.com/mailtime-puts-what-we-love-about-sms-in-an-email-client-1633440994|publisher=LifeHacker}}{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=App Reformats Long Email Chains To Look More Like Your Text Message Thread
|date=11 September 2014|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/09/11/app-reformats-long-email-chains-to-look-like-your-text-message-thread/|publisher=CBS}}{{cite web|last1=May|first1=Nimfa|title=Email 2.0: MailTime Hopes to Breathe Life into Email|url=http://en.yibada.com/articles/38649/20150615/email-2-0-mailtime-app-email-messenger-angellist-startup.htm|publisher=Yibada}}{{cite web|last1=Perera|first1=Victor|title=Microsoft Send, An Instant-Email App Is Now Available For iOS Users|url=http://www.technewstoday.com/25220-microsoft-send-an-instantemail-app-is-now-available-for-ios-users/|publisher=technewstoday|access-date=2016-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814220016/http://www.technewstoday.com/25220-microsoft-send-an-instantemail-app-is-now-available-for-ios-users/|archive-date=2015-08-14|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Leung|first1=Iris|title=Hong Kong Startup 'Mailtime' Officially Launches During TechCrunch Disrupt's 'Startup Battlefield'|url=http://www.startupshk.com/mailtime-launch/|publisher=Startups Hong Kong|access-date=2016-01-12|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305155223/http://www.startupshk.com/mailtime-launch/|url-status=dead}}
History
MailTime was developed by Heatherm Huang (C.E.O.) and Gary Lau (C.T.O) along with their team based in San Francisco. It was first launched in September 2014 at the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield in San Francisco.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=MailTime Disrupt Profile|url=https://www.techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/mailtime/|publisher=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-01-12|archive-date=2017-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001213304/https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/mailtime/|url-status=dead}}
MailTime was added to the iOS App Store on September 9, 2014, supporting single Gmail accounts and English only. It added support for 12 languages, multiple accounts, and 9 email providers in May 2015. Its international version now supports 19 languages.{{cite web|last1=Tschida|first1=Tyler|title=Today's apps gone free: Debt Snowball, MailTime, FlowPlus and more
|date=21 September 2015 |url=http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/09/todays-apps-gone-free-debt-snowball-mailtime-flowplus-and-more|publisher=AppAdvice}}
The MailTime app featured as the Best New Apps by the App Store over 300 times in different countries in 2015.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=MailTime is Chosen for "App Store Best of 2015"
|url=https://www.Mailtime.com/mailtime-is-chosen-for-app-store-best-of-2015/|publisher=MailTime}}{{cite web|last1=Bass|first1=Debra|title=Apps We Love: Mailtime
|date=9 November 2014 |url=http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/fashion-and-style/debra-bass/apps-we-love-mailtime/article_8bd3144a-8da8-5604-9d7b-a25dd7aa94d0.html|publisher=SLTToday}}{{cite web|last1=Hemrich|first1=Britney|title=5 Simple Proven Ways to Improve Your Email Habits
|url=http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8625-email-habits-proven-tips.html|publisher=}}
In December 2015, MailTime was awarded the Best of 2015 by Apple’s App Store.{{cite web|last1=Rhiannon Williams|title=The best iOS iPhone and iPad apps of 2015|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/12062132/The-best-iOS-iPhone-and-iPad-apps-of-2015.html|website=telegraph|date=21 December 2015 |publisher=The Telegraph}}
The company has raised US $3.1 million in 4 rounds from 10 Investors.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=The Email Messenger|url=https://angel.co/mailtime|publisher=Agel.co}}
{{cite news|last1=Osawa|first1=Joru|title=Are the Best Days Over for China Tech Startups?
|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/23/are-the-best-days-over-for-china-tech-startups/|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=24 August 2015 }}
Operations and Services
MailTime is a messenger application built on top of the email protocol. Its content parsing engine removes signatures, repeated metadata from the traditional email formats, and displays emails in a conversation view, resembling instant messengers’ bubble chat view. By doing so, it hopes to make those messages more manageable, easier to read, and quicker to respond to. The content engine also summarizes long emails in a way that places messages into a conversation view. Emails that include multiple participants are displayed like a group chat, enabling users to reply-all or easily add and remove people from the conversation.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=MailTime Pro - Email Messenger for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and IMAP Mail
|url=http://www.iosnoops.com/appinfo/mailtime-pro-email-messenger-for-gmail-hotmail-yahoo-and-imap-mail-for-iphone/1025252985|publisher=iOSSnoop}}{{cite web|last1=Restle|first1=Hope|title=4 productivity apps every professional needs to get work done faster
|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/4-productivity-apps-every-professional-needs-to-get-work-done-faster/articleshow/47787773.cms|publisher=}}
Its compatibility with the email protocol makes it an open messenger without forcing users’ contacts to download the same application to message.
{{cite web|last1=Borison|first1=Rebecca|title=The 5 Biggest Email Mistakes You're Making
|url=http://www.inc.com/rebecca-borison/effective-email.html|publisher=}}
The MailTime application supports a number of email services including Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, iCloud, Google Apps, Office 365, AOL, Mail.Ru, Netease 163, and Tencent QQ Mail.{{cite web|last1=Bischoff|first1=Paul|title=Email isn't dying, it just needs a makeover. This startup turns email into a chat app
|url=https://www.techinasia.com/mailtime-app-email-messaging-interface|publisher=TechinAsia}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mailtime.com/ Official Website]
- {{ITunes Preview App|914281815|MailTime}}