The tech world was abuzz last week when invitations went out for a Facebook special event to be held today. Sources everywhere talked about Project Titan, dubbing it the "Gmail Killer" (here, here, here, here...you get the idea). Project Titan was revealed today, and a Gmail Killer it ain't. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean it's something to sneeze at.
Project Titan, now known as Facebook Messages, is really just a combination of Facebook messages, chats, and texts all in one place. You can sign up for an @facebook.com email address if you'd like one, but Facebook states, "[Facebook] Messages is not email." It's meant to be more like chats, where there are no subject lines or fields for carbon copies.
We'll definitely be interested to see what it can do, but right now we're taking the announcement with a grain of salt. Facebook's last big foray, Places, has yet to pop, and Facebook Messages sounds suspiciously like Google's ill-fated Wave. Noticeably, we're concerned when some of its big features are, "There are no subject lines, no cc, no bcc, and you can send a message by hitting the Enter key. We modeled it more closely to chat and reduced the number of things you need to do to send a message." How difficult is it, really, to send a message? If you don't want to include a subject line, you don't have to. This isn't exactly rocket science.
However, we're still interested because we want to try out the product and really get a feel for it before we know for sure. Facebook will only be rolling out Messages slowly to those who request an invite. Once we get ours, we'll be sure to post a review. In the meantime, however, get the rest of your Messages questions answered here.
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