The center icon represents your mailbox, which is what is current in your incoming stream.

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The Mailbox app, which will remain a stand-alone app after the acquisition, features a number of swipe gestures that allow users to quickly plow through email messages.

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Mr. Mossberg has written and now edits the Mossberg Solution, which premiered April 9, 2002, and writes Mossberg's Mailbox.

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