Google opens GMail to all… Well Almost!
August 29th, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 40 times, 1 so far today
Google opens GMail to all… Well Almost!
Google GMail is more than a year old phenomenon. However, even after such a long time and massive popularity, Google has still kept it in beta stage. Invites are still required to get access to a GMail account. However, the company has taken a step, which theoretically opens GMail to all. Though, it is not convenient for everyone.
To be signed in to GMail network without requiring an invite, you have to sign up for GMail over a US mobile phone, using SMS. This would result in an invitation code from the company within a couple of minutes. Google promises to never reveal or sell your phone number to any third party thought they would keep the number in their database to prevent multiple signups from a single number. They are letting users sign up as many as 10 accounts with one phone number.
This latest news is expected to further raise the privacy concerns considering Google is seriously investing in mobile services and might use this as a medium to target its audiences. The step makes one think that the company still wants to continue testing the services with their limited audience and with the sms based signup prevent junk accounts made using scripts and bots.
However, we as GMail users have been really impressed by it and plan to use it in long term especially after the added ability to send mails using third party mail ids!
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August 31st, 2005 at 01:43 am
i need gmail
September 3rd, 2005 at 07:50 pm
sir,i want an gmail account immediately because i am trying for
seven weeks please send me the sign up form to my email as quick as
possible .
September 4th, 2005 at 12:41 am
Mail me guys if anybody needs an invitation, I have preserved all 50 :p since nobody asked me to send. My mail account is gbmania {at} gmail(.)com.
Gosh!! I thought I am the last one to get it.
September 5th, 2005 at 06:02 pm
please allow me to invite my friend to g mail i need it immediately
allow me to invite her with out any further time lapse
March 23rd, 2006 at 10:35 pm
sorry to bother anyone um I just wanted to know if i could or can sign up in gmail because I don’t know why but when i sign-in in yahoo it makes me write it again and i havent read my emails in 3 months well gotta go bye…………..