I assume you aren't using Gmail then? I couldn't tell by your post. This app doesn't do or show anything that Google didn't already do.
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I assume you aren't using Gmail then? I couldn't tell by your post. This app doesn't do or show anything that Google didn't already do.
I dumped Sparrow when Google bought them. The bare minimum will be done on the app to keep is sellable. They won't do anything to make it better unless Google replaces their app with Sparrow....or somehow makes the two better.
Personally I am tired of the tripe about "reinventing" email. It's like reinventing breathing, or air. All they end up doing is making a different sort of ogranization structure....which I need less of. I need two things.
the ability to search easily and quickly for past, present emails (I won't rule out future emails but I don't think the Stargate Program has that nailed yet).
And tag, flag or star (whatever) an important email for even faster reference.
Everything else is just nice. When I was using Gmail I never did folders, stars, smilies, or however else organizational methods were pushed. I just needed to search and sift information. Gmail excelled at that....and iCloud isn't too bad either.
I just lost it with Google when they integrated EVERYTHING into my Gmail inbox. Then they changed the UI for Gmail making everything 400 times harder to find (still have troulbe finding the New Email button).
I moved to iCloud solely. Search isn't bad. It is hard on the iphone since it is mixed results to searching the server based archives, but otherwise pretty good.
Sparrow is nice. It hasn't made me change my mind about replacing the native app. It has some nicely implemented features but nothing that justify the price. Epspiecally since they haven't gotten the badge issue resolved....and I am not buying their excuse. there are other mail apps that have succeeded without charging a subscription fee.
Personally I am tired of the tripe about "reinventing" email. It's like reinventing breathing, or air. All they end up doing is making a different sort of ogranization structure....which I need less of. I need two things.
the ability to search easily and quickly for past, present emails (I won't rule out future emails but I don't think the Stargate Program has that nailed yet).
And tag, flag or star (whatever) an important email for even faster reference.
Everything else is just nice. When I was using Gmail I never did folders, stars, smilies, or however else organizational methods were pushed. I just needed to search and sift information. Gmail excelled at that....and iCloud isn't too bad either.
I just lost it with Google when they integrated EVERYTHING into my Gmail inbox. Then they changed the UI for Gmail making everything 400 times harder to find (still have troulbe finding the New Email button).
I moved to iCloud solely. Search isn't bad. It is hard on the iphone since it is mixed results to searching the server based archives, but otherwise pretty good.
Sparrow is nice. It hasn't made me change my mind about replacing the native app. It has some nicely implemented features but nothing that justify the price. Epspiecally since they haven't gotten the badge issue resolved....and I am not buying their excuse. there are other mail apps that have succeeded without charging a subscription fee.
Because I'm not an jerk who sides with one company alone. I like my Galaxy S II, but my next phone will either be a Lumia 920 or the iPhone 5. On top of that, I own a 2009 MacBook Pro, but will either upgrade to a touchscreen Ultrabook when the next generation comes in or wait for the new rMBP next year with Haswell.
The world is better when you make the entire technological landscape your playground.
Jordan seems to be the only one who reports on it. Might be about time he stopped cause its just plain idiotic that this one app (that hasnt exactly got a huge user base) gets minor update reports when other apps dont. He still seems to treat macrumors as his own personal blog.
Seeing these sparrow posts just makes me cry. All I ever wanted for mail on my phone was sparrow with push. Now they're going to make the list a little taller. If they're not doing anything else to add features or get push working then why bother? Is it in their google contract to not work on it at all? If that's the case then F them. So much wasted potential. I haven't even loaded sparrow onto my iPhone 5.
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