Hi Dave,
Samsung Social Hub is built around 2 key starting points, “Messaging” and “Contacts”.
These both act as natural starting points for sending and receiving information,
whether it is e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates, or SMS messages.
Additionally, calendar information from all portal and SNS sources are displayed together in one calendar with 2-way synchronization. And all contents of Social Hub
are delivered in real time to the user’s smartphone using intelligent push technology.
Socail hub icon : -
It displays the different accounts ( like yahoo or gmail ) added on the device.
On the right side of your account your will find 2 smaill icons ( Baloon and envelope )
Baloon - is for Instant messages.
Envelope : is for mails.
This is one of the way access your IM or Email.
Now please find some information which i feel may be helpful to you.
1) How to add email account?
My Account - add account - select any account which u want to configure from the web accounts.
For ex: google.
Tap on google - Enter your user name -> select next and then enter the password.
Once the account is set up - It will give your the below options to select.
Email sync - Contact Sync - IM
Select the option as per your requirement.
The device will synchronise the email.
You can view the email by clicking the email icon.
IM will automatically be configured.
Regards,
Vishal
Samsung Social Hub Support