
Right now there are approximately three-quarters of a million people waiting to use Mailbox. Mailbox is a mobile iOS app designed to help you “fly through your email” and easily sort incoming messages. Read them, archive them, move the hell on.
The developer is rolling out the app slowly via a reservation system, to make sure everything scales well. It’s also a great marketing tactic. People are talking about Mailbox, even tweeting photos of their place in line. There are more than 750,000 people already waiting, and more lining up every day, for an app that promises to put e-mail in its place. Lines are a great problem. But people are waiting because of scarcity, not success. Despite the hype, it won’t save you from e-mail.
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