But, it's not as simple as it appears. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg told a press conference: "It's not an email-killer...it's a messaging system that includes email as a part of it". He said the Facebook webpage would bring together four messaging systems...email, SMS, instant messaging and Facebook chat.
It seems you'll only be able to email from the Facebook website and there'll be no subject or cc line, although your will be able to send stuff as attachments.
People will be able to receive the email conventionally, or on their Facebook website account page.
It's sort of sooper-dooper messaging. And certainly doesn't seem like the "Gmail-killer" that was predicted.
The new Facebook service will start rolling out immediately, but the company says it will take "several days" to become worldwide.
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