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Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store

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Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store

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Post by MrDrone »

Looks good, though I'm not sure how I feel about this queue system. I understand that they're claiming its to make sure they can handle the numbers but I can't help but think it might also be a clever marketing ploy.

Kind of like how when no one could get on Google+ everyone wanted to be on Google+.

Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store

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Post by untog »

abdophoto wrote: post #4

Not sure if you guys know, but Eddie Cue's son works at Orchestra. It wouldn't surprise me if Apple ends up buying this company. I think they should. Their Mail.app client feels so far behind compared to Mailbox.

From what I can see of Mailbox, it looks fantastic- but it's not for all users. It's adapting e-mail to a specific usage pattern that many of us will have, but few non-professionals would use. So I don't think it would replace Mail.app.

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Post by codezero »

I'm pretty anxious to try the app out, luckily I have a low number in the queue, but the first thing that happened when I opened the application was that it asked me to share it with friends... How can they expect me to endorse something that I am still waiting in line for?

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Post by andrewroycarter »

rjd wrote: post #14

Downloaded it, couldn't use it, wondered why a 3rd party needs push access servers for a mail client... became suspicious... deleted it... probably not reinstalling it.

If they didn't have push access and servers, how would they let you know when you had new mail? Third party iOS apps can't poll for new mail, so remote notifications are the only way!

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Post by songgao »

andrewroycarter wrote: post #16
rjd wrote: post #14

Downloaded it, couldn't use it, wondered why a 3rd party needs push access servers for a mail client... became suspicious... deleted it... probably not reinstalling it.

If they didn't have push access and servers, how would they let you know when you had new mail? Third party iOS apps can't poll for new mail, so remote notifications are the only way!

+1. Push notification is the only way to notify about new emails. The trade-off is that you are gonna have to store user credentials on server. That's the reason why Sparrow didn't implement push notification.

Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store

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Post by andrewroycarter »

songgao wrote: post #17
andrewroycarter wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they didn't have push access and servers, how would they let you know when you had new mail? Third party iOS apps can't poll for new mail, so remote notifications are the only way!

+1. Push notification is the only way to notify about new emails. The trade-off is that you are gonna have to store user credentials on server. That's the reason why Sparrow didn't implement push notification.

And even then, I bet they're using https://developers.google.com/google-apps/gmail/oauth_overvi... which means you could revoke the oauth token at any time from your Google account!
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