Google opens email service to all
Netimperative writes…Google has ended the invite-only policy for Google Mail, allowing anyone in the UK to use the Web-based email service.
The service, known as Gmail outside the UK, offers nearly 3GB of online storage space and an anti-spam filter.
GoogleMail also groups email exchanges together to help users keep track of ongoing conversations in one folder.
The service has been available since April 2004 on an invite-only basis. Now, any Web user in the UK or US can now to www.googlemail.com and open an email account.
Meanwhile, Google said it has also launched a free application to let UK users access Googlemail on their mobiles.
The application runs on any Java-based phone with data services and synchronises Googlemail on the phone with the user’s Web-based account.
