Boomerang for Android, another way to read mail - Bitelia

When it seemed that email was no longer overstretched, and that was that while technology is widely used by everyone every day, little more can be added, there Mailbox , a iOS app that became very popular since the first day when it was only available by request. The secret? Its main objective, which is process messages automatically email you do not have to waste time with it. So popular is that Dropbox was interested in her and bought it, and how could it be otherwise, has got competition on their own ground. This is the case of Boomerang , an alternative to Mailbox for the Android platform to optimize the way to process the mail.

What’s special about Boomerang ? Like Mailbox in iOS, the Android app is not just an email client: also helps you process messages in a different and more effective, deferring non-urgent messages and, ultimately, leaving the empty tray . It seems that in the future, Mailbox is available for Android, but as long as he has left an alternative to Mailbox worth your level. Let’s see how Boomerang .

Installation and tuning

The first step in testing this alternative to Mailbox is install it from Google Play, open, add account Gmail email . If you have a set up on your Android device, is displayed. Once configured, you will see posts explaining you operation Boomerang . You see, this app knows how to combine simplicity with effectiveness.

A look at your inbox

After reading the initial help message Boomerang , and you can access your inbox, it like any other email client, is the meeting place to read and process your posts . Like other customers, displays a list of messages received with the sender’s name, date of arrival and the message subject. But if you slide your finger left or right, is when you see the potential of Boomerang . To the right, you Archive the message directly, and to the left, you will see the options to process:

Archive : As in the previous case, so you Archive removing it from the inbox.
• Send to Trash : If you do not want the message, delete it.
• Boomerang : It is the most useful and get rid of the message is, leaving the empty tray, but getting it later, like a boomerang .
• Label : Add tags to find better then.
• Mark as Read : So the message is not as new or newly received.

Bookmark

• : It is because it is important, useful, or because you want to have on hand later.

addition, if you select the name of your Gmail email account, will the list of available folders , including the Inbox, Trash, the file, the list of Messages posted … Basically, all Gmail folders in addition to the previous labels or those who think on.

Function

Boomerang

Mailbox hallmark of its function to empty the inbox deferring the receipt of messages. Boomerang does the same, giving it a more exotic name. Basically is to indicate a date for the message to reappear in your inbox. As will be archived and your inbox to zero.

You can program this feature

boomerang for the night, for the next day, after two days, next week, two weeks, a month or even on a date and times. On the other hand, you have an option to delete this scheduled order if you receive a response to your message.

Conclusions

Better Mailbox

or Boomerang? It’s an obvious question, if from the beginning of this article I told you Boomerang is an alternative to Mailbox. To start, the second is only available for iOS (iPhone, iPad), because if you have an Android device, this app is the only way to have a mail client like this.

I think Boomerang is a good adaptation of the philosophy of keeping the tray to zero forwarding mail with a scheduled date. However, it suffers from the same limitation Gmail emails only to process . Furthermore, wasted touch gestures, which expresses itself Mailbox different combinations.

Mailbox

While iOS is exclusive, Boomerang is an interesting alternative Customer Lifetime , including the default has Android. But as nose poke Mailbox by Android, you better Boomerang includes improvements such as those mentioned above.