On Feb. 15, Qualcomm officially unveiled Eudora 4.3. The new software offers only a few modest improvements over the previous Eudora 4.2. And more improvements are due in the second half of the year when Qualcomm releases Eudora 5.0. But the added features are not what's important. Qualcomm has totally changed Eudora's business model.
Sponsored mode is the big innovation.
If you later decide you want an ad-free screen, just pay the money. Any tools or tricks to streamline that process, even if they only save a few minutes per day, are precious. I'm not criticizing Messenger, the e-mail component within Netscape, or Outlook Express. It's just that Eudora lets you do more. Nor does everyone need Eudora.