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Answered here on their blog:
http://www.mailboxapp.com/reservations/?p=1#how-were-rolling...
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
#32I'm really regretting not wanting to give my phone number to some random startup the first time I saw Mailbox. I did end up signing up a month or two later but now there are 250,000 people in front of me... Now the question is, how will they make money?
I got the SMS when there were 320k people already in the queue. I think it's likely they forgot to send out the SMS notifications.
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#33I'm really regretting not wanting to give my phone number to some random startup the first time I saw Mailbox. I did end up signing up a month or two later but now there are 250,000 people in front of me... Now the question is, how will they make money?
They stated that the service will remain free, but they will add premium features for a fee.
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#34I agree I was stupid to have forgotten that the code was not in email but in a text message (not finding anything in the email made me give up and get back into the reservation line). But it is pretty idiotic to not allow us to use our reservation code once we realize mistakes like that and find our codes. And now I have 2 pairs of reservation-private codes sitting idle in my text message inbox.
Tap and hold the mailbox icon above the numbers. (Can't remember where I saw that, but it does bring up the code entry thing again)
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#35I agree I was stupid to have forgotten that the code was not in email but in a text message (not finding anything in the email made me give up and get back into the reservation line). But it is pretty idiotic to not allow us to use our reservation code once we realize mistakes like that and find our codes. And now I have 2 pairs of reservation-private codes sitting idle in my text message inbox.
Tap and hold the mailbox icon above the numbers. (Can't remember where I saw that, but it does bring up the code entry thing again)
wow thank you... i take back my criticism (although not sure why they would obscure this part).
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#36I agree I was stupid to have forgotten that the code was not in email but in a text message (not finding anything in the email made me give up and get back into the reservation line). But it is pretty idiotic to not allow us to use our reservation code once we realize mistakes like that and find our codes. And now I have 2 pairs of reservation-private codes sitting idle in my text message inbox.
Tap and hold the mailbox icon above the numbers. (Can't remember where I saw that, but it does bring up the code entry thing again)
wait.. so reservation/private codes just allow you to jump ahead in line and that's it? no immediate access? :(
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#37A word of warning - if you have a reservation, make sure you don't accidentally click on the first button in the app by mistake. Once you do, there's no way to get back to the first screen to enter your reservation code, even if you uninstall and reinstall the app.
I had that, try using a different IP address on reinstalling.
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#38A word of warning - if you have a reservation, make sure you don't accidentally click on the first button in the app by mistake. Once you do, there's no way to get back to the first screen to enter your reservation code, even if you uninstall and reinstall the app.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and was able to use my reservation code after I remember I had it. So was my friend! The button to use the code is kind of hard to see
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#39I agree I was stupid to have forgotten that the code was not in email but in a text message (not finding anything in the email made me give up and get back into the reservation line). But it is pretty idiotic to not allow us to use our reservation code once we realize mistakes like that and find our codes. And now I have 2 pairs of reservation-private codes sitting idle in my text message inbox.
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Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#40A word of warning - if you have a reservation, make sure you don't accidentally click on the first button in the app by mistake. Once you do, there's no way to get back to the first screen to enter your reservation code, even if you uninstall and reinstall the app.
I did this, and uninstalling/reinstalling was fine and allowed me to enter in my reservation code.