Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ smartphone

Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by azmenak on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:33PM (#22311366)

Had no idea they also owned Newton. Going to use this as yet another reminder not to invest in new email clients, they all seem to get shut down within a few years of launch.

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Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by christefano on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:43PM (#22311458)

Newton Mail’s send later’s “don’t send if recipient emails me before sending” feature looks really nice. Aside from that I can’t tell why I’d use Newton over Apple Mail.

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Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by KoftaBob on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:59PM (#22311630)

I mean outside of any specialized features that the email client hosts, the majority of the functionality is local, no? So even if the email client is no longer developed, it'll keep working as long as your email service works.

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Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by bdcravens on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:28PM (#22311911)

Back when I used it as Cloud Magic, they did auth through Google. I'm pretty certain there's middleman processing going on.

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Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by bdcravens on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:26PM (#22311886)

Newton actually was shut down, then acquired, then resurrected.

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Re:Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘GEM’ sma... by DanCarvajal on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:04PM (#22311680)

RIP Mailbox and Inbox

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