AppleInsider Staff
After an update on Wednesday, Mailbox users can now search through messages stored in Gmail's cloud, a much requested feature that was missing from earlier versions of the app.
Mailbox for iOS hit version 1.5.0 on Wednesday, and while not much has been changed in the point update, the server search function will likely be a welcome addition to many.
The new capability allows users to search through every message in a given Gmail account, not just those that had been previously downloaded and stored locally. With the updgrade, Mailbox is finally up to speed with other email clients offering similar features, including Google's own Gmail app.
In addition, those users with multiple active accounts can create and choose specific signatures for each, which will be appended to outgoing messages. Another new option lets users open Web links in Google's Chrome browser for iOS rather than the default Safari.
The Mailbox blog also notes that users can still receive 1GB of Dropbox space by linking their account with the cloud storage service. Dropbox integration was recently introduced after the company purchased Mailbox in March.
Finally, the usual unnamed performance enhancements and bug fixes are included in version 1.5.0.
Mailbox for iOS can be downloaded for free from the App Store.
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Lol! Looks like AI added this article to simply annoy me. Why not change the site's name to google insider?
Lol! Looks like AI added this article to simply annoy me.
Why not change the site's name to google insider?
AI tries to highlight what's happening with Apple primarily, and also everything connected to it.. That is its competition's progress :) Its a good thing :)
I started using Mailbox recently, and so far it's been excellent, apart from its reliance on gmail. It is owned by Dropbox, not google, and is said to be adding support for other email providers in a future update. I've seen many excellent reviews, which is why I tried it I guess. I've also never seen anything synchronise so quickly between iPad and iPhone - I delete an email on one, and about a second later it's gone on the other.
[quote name="nikilok" url="/t/159255/popular-gmail-client-mailbox-for-ios-gets-cloud-search-account-specific-signatures#post_2387025"] AI tries to highlight what's happening with Apple primarily, and also everything connected to it.. That is its competition's progress :) Its a good thing :) [/quote] It sickens me that Apple allows any of this crap on its hardware. Why are they helping google? Are they not at war?
[quote name="hfts" url="/t/159255/popular-gmail-client-mailbox-for-ios-gets-cloud-search-account-specific-signatures#post_2387050"] It sickens me that Apple allows any of this crap on its hardware. Why are they helping google? Are they not at war?[/quote] Apple doesn't mind developers building apps and publishing them on there App stores as long as they abide by the policies it has in place. These apps only help enrich there Eco system. And if they like a particular feature of some app they would incorporate it to there stock apps of needed. Google Is one company that has most number of apps created for iOS which is great for the users. They compete more at the Eco system level. Google being a services company primarily brings it's services to iOS. And by the way this app was written by the drop box guys not Google.