Anybody want a gmail address?

[Rich 12]

Originally posted by the_rudeboy

Yeah but me & Avalon wanna know what a gmail is......cool or not

 

Gmail is Google's new email service.. It hasn't been fully launched to the public yet, hence having to send invites to people.

[the_rudeboy 12]

Originally posted by spyro2000

Gmail is just another web based email system, same as hotmail really, except it has a large storage capacity so you dont need to keep deleting your emails.

 

Cheers Spyro.

 

Nah, not bothered thanks.

[Rich 12]

Another advantage of Gmail is that it likes attachments in emails, Hotmail IMO is crap with attachments.

[spyro2000 10]

imo Theres nothing special about it really. If I need space then theres space on my hard drive to store stuff.

 

Wasnt there a report a while back saying that it may be spyware orientated?

[Rich 12]

If you have a Gmail account, you can use Google Talk Which IMO > Skype and MSN.

 

With Google Talk you can call other users for free, just like having a phone on your PC.. Skype makes you pay for calls

[spyro2000 10]

Originally posted by Rich

If you have a Gmail account, you can use Google Talk Which IMO > Skype and MSN.

 

With Google Talk you can call other users for free, just like having a phone on your PC.. Skype makes you pay for calls

 

Skype is free to call other Skype users too.

[Jamie 10]

Gmail 'invites' are a very clever marketting device ...

 

Discuss ........

[spyro2000 10]

Originally posted by Jamie

Gmail 'invites' are a very clever marketting device ...

 

Discuss ........

 

It is pretty clever, as the people with the invites feel that they are 'special', when as a matter of fact absolutely anyone can get a Gmail address if they want one.

[Berberis 10]

Gmail also has the advantage of being able to embed your mail account into the Google search engine page. Plus a huge variety of other information available on the same page.

 

http://www.google.com/ig

[Berberis 10]

Originally posted by spyro2000

It is pretty clever, as the people with the invites feel that they are 'special', when as a matter of fact absolutely anyone can get a Gmail address if they want one.

 

So how would a noob get a gmail account if they dont know anyone else with one?

 

You cant simply sign up the same was as hotmail and yahoo mail.

[Jamie 10]

Originally posted by spyro2000

It is pretty clever, as the people with the invites feel that they are 'special', when as a matter of fact absolutely anyone can get a Gmail address if they want one.

 

Sure, and it has an air of exclusivity about it. You can't get a GMail account without an invite, making GMail accounts all the more desireable (you want what you can't have, or what's harder to get).

 

It seems nothing more that a clever way of getting you to involve your friends in their free web based EMail.

 

Viral Marketting?

[spyro2000 10]

Originally posted by serapis

So how would a noob get a gmail account if they dont know anyone else with one?

 

You cant simply sign up the same was as hotmail and yahoo mail.

 

As I said, ANYBODY can get a gmail account