Universal Inbox, really?!?

[Mikey47]

Wow, how did I miss this? Did anyone else ever see this mentioned or demoed?

According to this document https://insidesprintnow.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/htc-evo-4g-lte-factsheet.docx, here is the feature explained:

• Universal in-box: See all your accounts in one place.
o No more switching between accounts.
o Just tap the bar that shows the current email account, and then tap All accounts.
o Email messages are color-coded so you can easily distinguish which email accounts they belong to.
o You can also choose to view accounts individually.

I can't believe I haven't heard anything about this. How did I miss it?


Funny, the same doc says this about battery life:

• Non-Removable 2000mAh, lithium-ion Battery with Up to X.X Hours continuous talk time.

 

[DougB541#CB]

because its a feature on K-9 Mail so no one who was probably missing it all too much lol.

 

[Mikey47]

I guess I missed this when I skimmed over https://insidesprintnow.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/20120418_htc_evo_4g_lte_user_guide.pdf this document.

It is detailed on page 88.

 

[chesalaam]

I can do this already on the 3vo. now I'm also rooted, but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I do it with the native mail feature

 

[Hurleygm]

I personally don't want a universal inbox. I like keeping work email separate from my Gmail.

 

[yocubed]

I personally don't want a universal inbox. I like keeping work email separate from my Gmail.

Agreed that's one thing that I actually prefer about my EVO over the new phone. I like having my separate accounts and having to switch from one to the other. The color coded identification is cool but when I open my email I want to specifically open only the one that I select. I guess I'll get used to the change but I think its a step backwards.

 

[chesalaam]

Agreed that's one thing that I actually prefer about my EVO over the new phone. I like having my separate accounts and having to switch from one to the other. The color coded identification is cool but when I open my email I want to specifically open only the one that I select. I guess I'll get used to the change but I think its a step backwards.

it's an option, not a system wide change.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I'm supposed to be impressed?

I guess I might be impressed if I hadn't had this on my Palm OS :Treo about, what, 5 or 6 years ago?

 

[ollieg]

Interesting. I never thought about this at the time.

My old Archos G8 had the universal mailbox feature back in Froyo (or before). The old Sense UI on our OG EVO phones must have been disabling a standard Android feature...

I wonder if that's an example of why Sense UI made so many people cringe?

 

[cloak.n.dagger]

I personally don't want a universal inbox. I like keeping work email separate from my Gmail.

This isn't anything new, so it's nothing to get worried about. If you don't want your gmail account included in the mail app, then just don't add it. Gmail will still work through the gmail app. Even if you do add it, it won't show up unless you drop down the account box and select Gmail or all. Again, if you don't want your mail app to show more than one email account then don't add it. It will only show email accounts that you setup in the app.

 

[ImNoPrince]

I use Windows Live Mail at home and it has the same function and works very well for me. I went with Enhanced E-mail on my Evo 4G as it has the same features and can do dump every now and then for the memory leakage issues . I do keep my Gmail out of that and just use the Gmail app for that account and run my other 4 account on the Enhanced.

 

[cruiserandmax]

My main gmail account has always been the "universal" account for all of my other email accounts (gmail or otherwise). I don't know why I would want my easy-come-easy-go phone to be the centralizer of that data.