July 21, 2009 11:06 AM PDT

100,000 users to get Google Wave this fall

by Josh Lowensohn
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Waiting to get your grubby mitts on Google Wave? You'll have to wait just a little bit longer.

While about 6,000 developers got their hands on Wave Monday, a post on the Google Wave developer blog says the company isn't planning to open it up to everyday users until September 30th. At that time, some 100,000 users will be let into the program. To be a part of that first run, users will have had to have signed up to use the service on Google's invite page.

Along with a hard date on the semi-public beta test, Google also highlighted a few developer creations using Wave's API. One of them, called Waves in WordPress, lets bloggers quickly embed an entire Wave conversation into a blog post, which lets readers view and interact with it. Similar tools that let you do that with other social and blogging can be expected as Wave's API matures.

First introduced at the Google I/O Conference back in late May, Wave is Google's re-imagining of Web e-mail, and a sibling of Gmail--the company's current Web mail product. It blends live chat and e-mail in one service, and is one of Google's most experimental creations yet. Google says it still has some more work to do on the project before it's ready for beta testers to start drumming on it, including how fast and stable it is.

Related: Debating the power of Google's Wave

Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.
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by idreamincode July 21, 2009 1:16 PM PDT
I got mine Wave invite, and let me tell you, its a Crazy whorl wind that can make you a bit nauseous with everyone talking at the same time.
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by Josh.Lowensohn July 21, 2009 2:54 PM PDT
Yes, frenetic is a good word to describe it.
by ChrisLang July 22, 2009 4:33 PM PDT
Even I have to agree and I am the largest Google social flag waver there is. And some think Google Friend Connect and how it works is hard to understand. I am a bit confused myself. But that won't stop me...
by JijuMathew October 1, 2009 2:13 AM PDT
plzzzzzzzz can u invite me to google wave.....batista.jiju78@gmail.com
by Vegaman_Dan July 21, 2009 8:55 PM PDT
Email and chat in one application? Hmm... Gmail and Gtalk which is already one product?

Good luck. I am not sure I see the market for it currently.
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by ChrisLang July 22, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
Watch the Google video, you have made the Theory of Relativity into 2 + 2 = 0
by andrewissalive July 21, 2009 10:58 PM PDT
wow. what exactly IS google? A cellphone developer, software developer, search engine, or misc?
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by ChrisLang July 22, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
Google is an OS.
by meisuko July 22, 2009 2:41 AM PDT
i think after wave, they want to reinvent facebook.
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by genadevis October 5, 2009 12:42 PM PDT
thank god i got my invite from http://getgooglewaveinvites.blogspot.com/
they got like 3k invites. I feel lucky :)
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by genadevis October 6, 2009 10:12 AM PDT
Did you hear that ?
You can get free google wave invites from http://bit.ly/invitewave
well i tried and got mine after waiting 2 days.Feeling lucky lol
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by craiglist October 7, 2009 8:09 AM PDT
well i got mine from http://clipsbar.com/waveinvite
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by spomtydn October 9, 2009 12:38 PM PDT
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As the son of a Palm programmer, Josh Lowensohn grew up in a household full of technology. From a young age he was taking apart computers, finding hot new bulletin board systems, and re-programming video games. Josh currently covers the latest and greatest Web apps and services for CNET's Webware blog. Prior to that he covered news, and wrote reviews for GamersReports.com. For this blog Josh is exploring the latest Web apps and technologies, and trends in consumer entertainment devices.

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