(I still have about 260,000 people ahead of me.) Presumably to stem the crushing demand, Mailbox restricts the number of new accounts that can be activated at a time.Īrs’ Jacqui Cheng had to wait roughly five weeks before she moved to the front of the line, and she only recently had her “reservation” activated. With any luck, that means Mailbox’s frustrating rollout policy might be relaxed. The app, which debuted in early February 2013, is so popular that the company has slowed its release through a “reservations” system. On Friday morning, Mailbox announced that it was acquired by Dropbox. The hip new e-mail app is an alternative interface for Gmail accounts (yes, it only works with Gmail). People who have used it love the gesture-based interface and the ability to “snooze” messages-this latter feature prompts a pop-up message to remind you to reply at some point in the future, like later in the day, later that night, or over the weekend. In case you haven't heard, Mailbox is the iOS app that everyone wants to get their grubby little paws on.

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