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GMail Sign-Ups Via Mobile
jm.one writes "In the wake of recent releases releases Google Desktop 2.0 Beta and Google Talk 1.0 Beta, Gmail (known as Google Mail for legal reasons in some areas) is finally open to everyone. Learn more in the Google Blog entry and register at the Gmail website. Please take note that sign-up occurs via mobile phone at the moment, and only U.S. citizens can register for now. Plans to add more countries are on the way."
Too bad i've already sent invites out to everyone I know. Anyone still want one of my 50 invites?
Gmail is a great service though. It really is very well planned, with features that one would expect from google.
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
I have 150 left if someone wants one, leave email. I wont spam, promise. (haven't read too much spam since I migrated entirely to gmail.)
For the nostalgy of gmail-whoring which wont be no more...
Ever since Goolge had its IPO, I can't seem to trust this company. Personally, I will never sign up for any Google product....though I do use the search engine. I hate the fact that they want/have so much control over various services ... their practice of "Do no evil" is dying...I personally believe they are trying to assimilate us all!
I was planning on using my 150 GMAIL invitations as christmas presents! Now they won't be very valuable.
SLASHDOT: news for people who can't concentrate on work or have no life at all and got tired of yelling back at the TV.
So they want our mobile numbers? I'm guessing that they are going to try to triangulate our positions. So they can put your position in Google Earth. Can you picture all those red dots in Google Earth? Can you picture the accompanying tooltips?
"CowboyNeal is currently in Club Blue Oyster and has unchecked mail"
You really want a GMail account. Trust me. It's a status symbol thing. It makes one harken back to the days of old when having an aol email address proclaimed to the world that you were l33t!
Finally Gmail is open to everyone. Cool... If you need gmail invite you can email me at unlimited.storage@gmail.com to request one for free...:) http://www.googleyahoonews.com/
subjects like "Man f***ing hot blonde"?
That's spam?
i'm sure you can sign up right now for a hotmail account and MS doesn't want your cell phone number.
No, they just want your soul.
Bastards didn't get mine, though...I signed up for my Hotmail account back before Microsoft.
I bought a CD full of them for occasions like this, you just put a note like:
If you're not that bloke from slashdot please ignore this email. Thanks!
And the word of the day is: 'guilty'
i don't have friends. i'm a geek.
> US mobile phones
Can you read me now?