Comments on: Mailbox for iPhone app acquired by Dropbox

By: Jen Xi

Jen Xi — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:41:00 +0000

Mailbox is a great app. Some people don’t like it because it tells you how you should be reading your email. This is frustrating for people who have very complex set-ups for filtering the emails and Mailbox will not work for them. For those who are flexible and willing to follow the Mailbox way, it is awesome. It has helped me achieve Inbox Zero daily for the past couple of weeks. That’s something I have not accomplished in the past five years. Now I just blaze through my inbox a few times a day and I’m done.

By: Renkman

Renkman — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:22:47 +0000

In reply to James Rogers. James, Mailbox had mentioned in the very beginning that they were indeed interested in bringing their service to other mail clients as well. Perhaps with the backing of Dropbox this will come to fruition. I still use it everyday, but unfortunately I also have other email accounts that aren't on Gmail that need my attention as well, so this would be a big plus for me.

By: James Rogers

James Rogers — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:04:00 +0000

I love Mailbox. As good as the Gmail app for iOS is, I like Mailbox a lot better. Gmail is now stashed in a folder and Mailbox is in my dock.

I am a little concerned about the Dropbox connection, though. I do use my free space that I have on there, but I use Box, Evernote, and Drive more because I have more space on them and cheaper subscription options in some cases. Hopefully Dropbox won’t do anything crazy, like requiring subscriptions for Mailbox use, but you never know.

One positive is that Dropbox might give the Mailbox team the backing to grow beyond just Gmail, and bring the client to other mail services, as well.