Tales of the App Store: Sparrow App Update Rejected By Apple

The Sparrow app is widely regarded to be the best mail application on iOS — despite losing some support after being bought out by GMail earlier this year. Now the team behind Sparrow has tried to bring an updated version to iOS, only to have it rejected by Apple. … [Read more...]

Sparrow For iOS Finally Gets POP Support

Sparrow is a firm favorite as one of the best email clients around — both on iOS and Mac. Now, some three months after the desktop version, Sparrow for iOS has support for POP email clients. Yay! Most modern mailservers will do both POP and IMAP, but if you're stuck with just the former, now you … [Read more...]

Sparrow 1.2 Released, Push To Be Available With Yearly Subscription

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Sparrow, the alternative to the default Mail app, has been updated to version 1.2. With it comes a host of new features: Message navigation You can now navigate all your mailbox messages simply by swiping up and down. When switching from a conversation to another, you’ll see a special … [Read more...]

Sparrow To Get Push, Come Hell Or High Water

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When Sparrow debuted on the iPhone last month, it was conspicuously missing Push notifications. Now, in a blog post announcing version 1.1 of the software, Sparrow has put a line in the sand: … [Read more...]

Give Sparrow Push Notifications With Jailbreak Tweak

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When Sparrow launched for the iPhone a few days ago, it was with one glaring flaw — no Push Notifications. Now a new jailbreak tweak will add the feature for you, giving you what you need to make Sparrow the mail client it should be. Unsurprisingly called Sparrow Push, you can find it … [Read more...]

Sparrow Hits iPhone, But Lacks Push Notification

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The Sparrow app for Mac is widely hailed as one of the best third party email applications around — so why has the new iPhone app left such a sour taste in user's mouths? Two words: Push Notifications. … [Read more...]

Sparrow 1.1 Flys Into Mac App Store, Offers Expanded IMAP Support

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Sparrow, the lightweight email client for Mac, has been updated to version 1.1 in the Mac App Store. The new version brings IMAP support for MobileMe, Yahoo, AOL and any custom IMAP accounts. The previous version was limited to Gmail support only. … [Read more...]