Aol
By: Jon • Research Paper • 1,000 Words • March 6, 2010 • 1,046 Views
Aol
AOL 6.0 is the newest version of the AOL software and
service. We've streamlined the look, enhanced our most
popular features and services, and added an array of other
exciting innovations to bring the AOL service to a new level
of ease of use and everyday convenience, and to give current
members and other online consumers even more reasons to
enjoy the benefits of AOL membership.
As with every new AOL product, members' feedback played a
central role in the development of version 6.0, which
includes their top requests and suggestions and offers more
personalization and added benefits of "AOL Anywhere."(SM)
New Benefits of "AOL Anywhere"(SM)
AOL 6.0 is another major step in our "AOL Anywhere" (SM)
strategy of making our members lives easier and more
convenient by making AOL's industry-leading brands and
features available to them anywhere, anytime they want -
from their PCs, the Web, their TVs, their phones, their
pagers, and other personal mobile devices.
As part of its new design, AOL 6.0 features a new button on
the main toolbar that directly connects members to a new
"AOL Anywhere" site. This new "AOL Anywhere" site brings
to life the spectrum of AOL features and services that
members can access from wherever they are, including AOL e-
mail, instant message features, the My Calendar(SM) service,
portfolios, and other personalized news and local
information - from either the Web or non-PC devices. AOL
is also introducing a new AOL by Phone voice service, which
lets members access their AOL accounts using their voice -
from any telephone. These services will roll out with the
AOL 6.0 service later this year.
Broadband Support
AOL 6.0 offers broadband support over digital subscriber
line (DSL), cable and satellite platforms and delivers AOL
PLUS multimedia content and features like full-motion video
and streaming audio to members whenever they sign on with a
high-speed broadband
connection.
NEW FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AOL 6.0:
* Streamlined New Look & Design: A simpler and more
intuitive toolbar provides faster access to the most popular
and frequently used features and AOL content channels. The
AOL 6.0 Welcome Screen introduces new programming to make it
more personal and relevant to members, and also enables
members to customize up to 10 areas they visit often and
want right at their fingertips every time they sign on.
* New E-mail Features & Enhancements: Members can sort their
messages and save them directly to specific folders in the
Filing Cabinet, and view HTML mail. There's a new "Auto-
Complete" capability for stored e-mail addresses, as well an
"Auto-Unzip" feature to automatically decompress ZIP files
at the time of download, and more.
* New Buddy List® and Instant Message Features: Members can
easily alphabetize and organize names in the