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The service, known as Google Mail in the U.K., has proved very popular. When it was launched, Google raised eyebrows with its practice of indexing the content of e-mails so that the company could place contextual advertisements in them. Nevertheless, early ZDNet UK stories garnered hundreds of reader responses from people looking for free accounts.
Google ceded rights to the Gmail name in the U.K. following a court case with Independent International Investment Research, which registered the trademark Gmail in the time between Google's Web-based e-mail launch and the search firm's own attempt to trademark the Gmail name.
Its woes did not end there: across western Europe, a quiet battle rages on between Google and Daniel Giersch, a German-born venture capitalist who insists he'll never relinquish his 6-year-old trademark registration of "G-mail...und die Post geht richtig ab" (translation: Gmail...and the mail goes right off).
Google said it has also launched an application to let U.K. users access Gmail or Google Mail on their mobiles. The application, which will run on any Java-based phone with data services, synchronizes Google Mail on the phone with the user's Web-based account. E-mail attachments such as photos, PDF and text documents can all be viewed from mobile devices, said Google. The application is free of charge. Google said it will be available for download from here.
Matt Loney of ZDNet UK reported from London.
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I'm surprised they actually stopped calling it Beta, though.
I'm surprised they actually stopped calling it Beta, though.
Apparently Google doesn't want to become a haven for spammers like Hotmail and Yahoo. Whether this approach will work or not is another matter.
In any event, so a search for gmail-invitations and you should find someone willing to give you one.
Anyway, Google addresses this in the <a href="http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=mobile&answer=22245&hl=en">FAQ</a>. The purpose of this is to prevent the sort of thing that Hotmail is infamous for (how many Spammers had multiple Hotmail addresses?).
In the FAQ Google proposes two "workarounds": 1) get a buddy to let you use his phone, or 2) get a friend to send you an invitation.
Apparently Google doesn't want to become a haven for spammers like Hotmail and Yahoo. Whether this approach will work or not is another matter.
In any event, so a search for gmail-invitations and you should find someone willing to give you one.
Anyway, Google addresses this in the <a href="http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=mobile&answer=22245&hl=en">FAQ</a>. The purpose of this is to prevent the sort of thing that Hotmail is infamous for (how many Spammers had multiple Hotmail addresses?).
In the FAQ Google proposes two "workarounds": 1) get a buddy to let you use his phone, or 2) get a friend to send you an invitation.
I have no affiliation with any of these services, except that I am a very light user of all three of them (and a heavy user of another smaller email service).
I have no affiliation with any of these services, except that I am a very light user of all three of them (and a heavy user of another smaller email service).
I'd like to noodle-whip these darn writers for all these misleading headlines. These headlines are getting out of control. Shame on you guys. Try to have a TINY bit of ethics.
I'd like to noodle-whip these darn writers for all these misleading headlines. These headlines are getting out of control. Shame on you guys. Try to have a TINY bit of ethics.
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