AppleInsider Staff
Mailbox, the Gmail-based iOS email client that encourages a tidy inbox, was updated on Wednesday with native support for Apple's iPad lineup.
Orchestra, Inc. announced its newly updated app in a concise post to its official blog. Mailbox is available as a free download on the App Store.
"You asked, we listened," the post reads. "Mailbox is now available for iPad, so you can swipe your way to inbox zero on all your iOS devices."
In addition to iPad support, version 1.3 of the http://appleinsider.com/l/?link=Mailbox app also includes bug fixes. The 12.9-megabyte download requires iOS 6.0 or later.
While users who previously attempted to use the software were required to wait for access, a month ago Mailbox became available to all when the reservation system was closed.
At the time it was said that the Mailbox service, which is currently only available to Gmail users, was delivering more than 100 million messages per day. Mailbox developers were confident it would be able to handle the influx of new users, and there have been no indications of downtime since the reservation system was removed.
Under the initial reservation system, Mailbox had filled more than 1 million reservations. The service was acquired by cloud storage giant Dropbox in March for between $50 million and $100 million.
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26 Comments
If this was available for more than just gmail users I might use it as Apple's app isn't great. When will it support something other than gmail?
Cool. This has genuinely changed the way I deal with my gmail. Lack of full iPad support has been annoying. Mac app next please?
Would be great if it could work for generic IMAP accounts too, and/or maybe an xxx@mailbox.com offering? Maybe they could make @mailbox.com a paid for Pro account, to monetise the service? I could be tempted by that.
I will never understand why people think "Inbox Zero", is a good thing. It's a fad, a trend, and at the end of the day, just another way to organise your email. People talk about it like it's the holy grail. It's not. A person who has thousands of emails in their Inbox is no less organised or on the ball than someone with "Inbox Zero."
My biggest complaint about Apple's native mail on iOS is a total lack of junk control. I have to always remember to run Mail on my Mac and wait a moment before loading on my iPhone so as to have the junk removed. Obviously if not near my Mac this isn't possible. Why on earth can't the server side junk filter operate across all devices and why can't we have a manual add to junk on iOS? ... This is where someone says all this is possible and I missed how ... :)
I will never understand why people think "Inbox Zero", is a good thing. It's a fad, a trend, and at the end of the day, just another way to organise your email.
People talk about it like it's the holy grail. It's not. A person who has thousands of emails in their Inbox is no less organised or on the ball than someone with "Inbox Zero."
Actually, they're probably more organized, since someone with a completely empty inbox probably threw away something important to get there. And if they didn't throw it away, they filed it in a folder they'll never read, and they'll never deal with it.
And even if you buy into an empty inbox being a good thing, this program is a horrible way to get there. You're giving a questionable company your email password, they get to read your mail. It's a HUGE security hole.