Microsoft recently announced that it was buying the mobile management application Acompli, in a deal reportedly worth more than $200 million.
Acompli is a San Francisco-based startup that develops iOS and Android applications combining e-mail, calendar, contacts and search capabilities.
Acompli has received praise from reviewers, especially for a feature that attempts to intelligently organize incoming messages, creating a queue for the most important ones so people can be more efficient on their mobile devices.
Acompli’s mobile device apps are designed to be compatible with Microsoft Exchange, Google’s Gmail service and various cloud-based storage services. Its technology and expertise would contribute to Microsoft’s current mobile e-mail efforts, as carried out by the Microsoft Outlook team, according to Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Outlook and Office 365.
“Acompli, only 18 months old, was founded with the “vision of making the best mobile email application on any platform and across all services.” according to Javier Soltero, Acompli’s co-founder and CEO, in a blog post about the acquisition.