[ot] gmail now open to the public

[Slowhand Hussein]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050825-5239.html

"If by some strange set of circumstances you've not been able to get a
Gmail account, your chances just got better. Sixteen months after the
launch of Gmail, it's finally "open to the public" (but still beta, of
course). But there's a catch: to get an account, you have to sign up
for Gmail over a US mobile phone, using SMS. Merely give Google your
phone number, and you'll get an invitation code from them in minutes.

Google promises to never reveal or sell your phone number to any third
party, although they do retain phone number data in order to limit
account sign-ups. Currently you can sign up as many as 10 accounts
with one phone number."

 

[Martinez]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050825-5239.html

Google promises to never reveal or sell your phone number to any third
party, although they do retain phone number data in order to limit
account sign-ups. Currently you can sign up as many as 10 accounts
with one phone number."

 

[Mark Warner]

Can you download and send gmail through OE or do you have to go to a
website?

Yes.

See here: http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273

And here: http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13276

 

[Old Gringo]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050825-5239.html

"If by some strange set of circumstances you've not been able to get a
Gmail account, your chances just got better. Sixteen months after the
launch of Gmail, it's finally "open to the public" (but still beta, of
course). But there's a catch: to get an account, you have to sign up
for Gmail over a US mobile phone, using SMS. Merely give Google your
phone number, and you'll get an invitation code from them in minutes.

Google promises to never reveal or sell your phone number to any third
party, although they do retain phone number data in order to limit
account sign-ups. Currently you can sign up as many as 10 accounts
with one phone number."

Would you please tell me what is so special about a Gmail account.
It seems to be a big topic here for several months now. Seems like
everyone wants one. But why?

 

[Starlord]

I'll stick to my normal ISP's e-mail account and my despammed account, don't
want any SPAM from google.


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[kenny]

Google will soon want the color of your shorts or your panties....

 

[bdeditch]

If anyone needs one for Gods sake email me, I have 50 invites.

 

[Kerodo]

If anyone needs one for Gods sake email me, I have 50 invites.

Everyone has 50 invites...

 

[Old Gringo]

I'll stick to my normal ISP's e-mail account and my despammed account, don't
want any SPAM from google.

I also am quite happy with the service I receive from my ISP, which
allows me 10 email accounts and a host of spam guard email addresses.

 

[Slowhand Hussein]

If anyone needs one for Gods sake email me, I have 50 invites.

why would anyone need an invite if they can now set up an account (or
*10* accounts) with their cell phone. what are you, daft?

 

[Livewire]

Would you please tell me what is so special about a Gmail account.
It seems to be a big topic here for several months now. Seems like
everyone wants one. But why?

Forget people who try to give you logical reasons. The truth is, it's
cool!

 

[wald]

I'll stick to my normal ISP's e-mail account and my despammed
account, don't want any SPAM from google.

Eh... Google doesn't really send SPAM to you google email account.

Regards,
Wald

 

[wald]

Would you please tell me what is so special about a Gmail
account. It seems to be a big topic here for several months now.
Seems like everyone wants one. But why?

Well, it's a bit of a hype.

Besides that, I like the 2 Gb storage it offers, and the clean
interface with handy email tagging.

Wald

 

[kenny]

there are 6 billion people on the planet. In the US there are only 0.5
million that are able to get an invite throough a cell phone. Are you blind
to the other nations of the world?

 

[doodad]

bdeditch a écrit :

If anyone needs one for Gods sake email me, I have 50 invites.

I would appreciate that you could send me a gmail invitation.
Thanks in advance

doodad

 

[The Six Million Dollar Man]

I'll stick to my normal ISP's e-mail account and my despammed account, don't
want any SPAM from google.

I am interested to know what your statement is base on. I have had a
Gmail account since December 2004, and have never received any SPAM from
Google.

--
"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says
something about human nature that the only form of life we have created
so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."

-- Stephen Hawking --

 

[Kenny]

Is gmail only available in the US, I'm in N. Ireland?

 

[GlintingHedgehog]

Is gmail only available in the US, I'm in N. Ireland?

It's available anywhere, but this new sign-up procedure is only
accessible to those with US mobile phones (cellphones). You can still
get a gmail account with an invitation from someone who already as a
gmail account though.

 

[Dave Smey]

Would you please tell me what is so special about a Gmail account.
It seems to be a big topic here for several months now. Seems like
everyone wants one. But why?

The interface is nice - it gathers your exchanges together into threads like
a newsreader. And having your emails archived so that you could pull them
up from anywhere is also very appealing for me.

I think the "invite" strategy was brilliant marketing - made it seem like it
is something that not just anybody could have.

Dave Smey
Brooklyn, NY
www.davesmey.com

 

[miskairal]

What about those of us who don't own a mobile because there is
absolutely no service where we live?