DigitalX Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Reports that GMail could launch today have been dismissed after Google detailed new plans for popular "invite-only" service. Speaking to CNet News late yesterday, GMail project manager Georges Harik dismissed rumors that the one year anniversary of the email service would mark its public debut. Instead, Harik detailed plans to immediately double the storage capacity of GMail accounts from 1GB to 2GB. In addition, Google will continue to increase GMail account capacity beyond 2GB; effectively creating a limitless storage medium for users. "One gigabyte did seem like a lot, but it turns out there are a lot of heavy users of mail," he said. "They send attachments, share photos. It all adds up." Herik did not provide a timeline for a public release, but with Google currently handing out 50 GMail invites to each user, one would wonder if it even matters. In direct response to the initial GMail threat, leading email providers had to signifigantly increase their storage capacity. This latest move by Google will undoubtedly spark another storage race, benefiting email users everywhere. Update: Looks as though storage space is already on the move. Several users are reporting their accounts steadily increasing in size, or already near the new 2GB limit Source: Neowin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh` Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 O_o that's a lot of frikken storage. Keep up with that Microsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleric xtx Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 anyone needing that kind of storage for emails should use pop3 accounts imo. At least now Google have provided its users with a much simpler way to transfer CD copies over the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalX Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 it appears if you watch slowly at the bottom off your gmail account it goes approx 50 MB every hour atm and they have appeard to say they cannot go unlimited but they will go from 2 GB and count upwards with space for a long time with all accounts... i think thats the messae thy are trying to gicve away on the new 'What's New' page on there homepag of www.gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molson™ Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 What's so great about Gmail? is it just free storage you get with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2006 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 just how much storage is gmail planning to give its users, i have 2045 Megabytes and its still increasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalX Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 evil read this..... Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more. on the www.gmail.com site it has a counter thin of how much teh size is gowing up Gmail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molson™ Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 And you can only get an account by someone inviting you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalX Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 yup, seems there keeping the idea of invite only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molson™ Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Okay, can someone send me invite? I would like to try this email out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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