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The first rule of running a successful nightclub is: always keep a line – and that’s exactly what the folks at Orchestra are doing to make their new app “Mailbox” a success right out of the box here at launch. This app is what the developers describe as an end-all be-all organizational tool for your mailboxes of all kinds, especially if you’re a Gmail user working with an iPhone. Registration for this app began well before the app was released to the iTunes app store and now, here on launch day, a massive line of those “in line in front of you” begins.

The first screen you’ll see when you pop in to Mailbox on your iPhone is a question of whether you’ve pre-registered or if you’ll be needing to pick up a number. It’s not unlike waiting to get called to update your license tabs at the DMV – and just like that situation, you can watch it all happen in real time. Once you’re accepted (one the thousands and thousands of users before you in line are in, that is), you’ve got a rather simple, bright, and Apple-friendly vision for email.

The way you work with mail is to connect your various email accounts in, and read, tap, and swipe your way around from there. If you swipe right on an email, that email goes to your archive. If you swipe “long right”, that email will go to the trash. A short swipe left will send a message to a “later” bin for you to read at a later date, while a “long swipe left” will skip the “later” function and put the email in a list.

As Apple Insider notes, such functionality may remind you of the app by the name of Clear, a list-keeper app that we reviewed last year. Here with email we’re more than pumped up to give such a simple set of controls an extended hands-on look. Stay tuned for SlashGear for more Mailbox action as we keep our fingers on the swipe!

[via MailboxApp]

iPhone “Mailbox” live in app store, keeps a line outside is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Microsoft is back at it, folks. You may remember when they first launched their “Scroogled” campaign in order to get back at Google and attack the company for their supposed anti-privacy ways. It looks like Redmond is at it again, only this time they’re aiming their targets at Gmail and promoting their new Outlook email service in the meantime.

In the rebooted campaign at Scroogled.com, Microsoft talks about how Google goes through your email in order to deliver you ads that cater towards your interest with the headline, “Think Google respects your privacy? Think again!” Then, Microsoft claims that Outlook doesn’t go through your personal email to cater ads toward you, and because that, they think you should start using their email service.

Microsoft mentions that 70% of users don’t know that email providers go through their emails to sell ads, and that 88% of users don’t care for the practice one bit. Microsoft is out to educate email users about how their email can be spied on by Google, and the company wants you to know that Outlook doesn’t do such a thing.

Microsoft even launched a petition to help the company get the message across to Google that “going through personal email messages to sell ads is unacceptable.” We’re not sure how much traction the petition will have, or even if Google will listen, but if the petition actually does get a healthy number of signatures, we might be hearing from Google soon.

Microsoft brings back “Scroogled” campaign to attack Gmail is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Arthur, who has asked one of the most dangerous questions it’s possible to ask the internet.If you’re looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I’m out of contract, and my employer is offering me a company phone of my choice. I’m currently using a BlackBerry Bold 9700 and I handle a lot of e-mails on any given day. What phone would you recommend for someone who needs to send and receive plenty of emails during travel and downtime? I’m not tied to an ecosystem and I don’t care about app libraries or anything else — I just need the best email phone on the market. Please help me!”

What a question! Your first concern should be comfortable typing and if it’ll play well with your work server. If you’re wedded to a physical keyboard, then you should probably wait for the BlackBerry Q10. If not, then Windows Phone’s keyboard is pretty good, but the added real estate offered by the Galaxy Note 2 might be more your scene. What do you think, friends? Give the man some options by filling in the comments below.

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Rumor has it that Microsoft is testing a completed version of the email client Outlook for Windows RT, which currently only offers the ultra-basic Mail client. This information comes from the folks over at CNET, who say that three sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed the existence of Outlook RT. The downside? According to two of the sources, Microsoft may never make the client available to consumers.

The reason? According to the sources, there’s an ongoing debate within Microsoft about whether Outlook RT should exist, or if the existing Mail client is enough. It seems odd for Microsoft not to offer the client, considering that it offers an RT Office suite, which has most of the applications one would expect – except Outlook. Variety of choice is always a good thing.

It’s said that some within Microsoft think the existing Mail app should be left as-is and renamed to Outlook. Other are said to be in favor of releasing Outlook RT for consumers to nab if they want it, while finally there are those who don’t think doing this would necessarily be in the company’s best interest.

Of course, the information comes from unidentified sources, and as such, it may be incorrect or only show part of the story. Microsoft hasn’t offered any official statements on the rumors, and unless the client becomes reality, we may never know if it ever existed. If you’re a Surface owner, would you like to see Outlook RT, or is Mail good enough? Let us know in the comments!

[via CNET]

Microsoft testing Outlook for Windows RT, sources say is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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After hours, I tend to spend my evenings watching TV with my wife, along with my iPad on my lap. I’m usually browsing Reddit, reading some news and making my way through my email. It seems that last activity is one the majority of iPad owners enjoy as well as a new research was published today which shows just how important email is on their iPad.

According to a survey conducted by the developer behind IndrediMail, 90 percent of the 4,400 iPad users who took part in the survey said accessing their email from the iPad was either “very” or “extremely important.”

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