14 DAY TRIAL // Yahoo! is trying to get the users behind it and build up from the existing products that they already know as being hits on the Internet. This time, it's their mail service that takes us for a ride and provides the reason to let that imagination spark, or functionality need be the winner.
The contest that Ryan K., the Community Manager for Yahoo! Mail, proposes is dubbed "What are your New Year's Mail resolutions?" and it's quite simple: you think about what you want your mail to do and submit it to [email protected]: "What would a Mail resolution be, you ask? Maybe you have vowed to clean up that address book and make sure it's all current. Maybe you want to keep your inbox tidier (not that you have to with unlimited storage). There could be some of you who even want to do less emailing. If that last one applies to you that is just crazy talk ? shake it off and get back in the game! You don't need to email less if you find ways to get more done in less time. That's where those resolutions to clean up that address book or inbox come into play. And perhaps in the process we can identify some product changes that will help you with those resolutions!"
There will be 3 Mail resolution submissions winning and 3 more winners out of the people who provided both a Mail and a non-Mail resolution.
The prizes, I guess, will be the chance to have your name next to the eventual launch of your resolution's application, in the form of "as suggested by [your name here]" and eventually a strong virtual handshake. Come to think of it, if they do choose your mail to be a winner, you'll have already received the prize by making the wish jotted down come true.