Dropbox Acquires Mailbox

Could... someone tell me what Mailbox <i>is</i>? (i.e. what makes it special.) Their website is weirdly devoid of an explanation.

Now only if they launch an email service of their own and integrate Dropbox with it for stuff like attachments and we will have a potential GMail killer.

Wow. Just over a month ago they were posting their "Week 1 In Review," that was a fast acquisition!<p>This one is actually quite exciting I think though. They already have the product, but they need to scale like crazy. A company like Dropbox will help massively with that, and hopefully the service will grow without the Twitter-esque growing pains we're used to.<p>I'd far rather see these guys acquired by a company interested in keeping the product, than a company who just needs a talented team.

"Whether it’s your Dropbox or your Mailbox, we want to find ways to simplify your life." Great tagline! Synergies are even present at the brand level. :)

I hope dropbox builds on what Mailbox is currently doing. It would suck if mailbox just went away because Dropbox just wanted to get some more talent.

The funny thing is that I think Mailbox has put much care and ingenuity into their iPhone app than Dropbox has. The 2007 four tabs at the bottom UI is not the <i>best</i> way to browse your files.

As an Android user who has never tried Mailbox, what makes it so great? (briefly)

How long till we see Dropbox go public?

Congrats Gentry and team!! If you'd like Gmail + Dropbox attachment management now, use Attachments.me

any word on if orchestra will still be worked on / going to dropbox?