Yep ! At last it has really happened. Gmail is now officially open for public sign-up. No more invites and no more of haggling other’s for those invites either. This was long overdue though.
Past couple of months there’s been an incessant trail of rumours announcing the public release of Gmail – none of which could be verified. Apparently it was being rolled out in phases and for some weird reason Egypt was taken up as one of the first countries ever for the service.
Seems like now it’s been made a worldwide release in one swift stroke. The sign-up page has got this large dark bluish button you can’t miss. Funny thing is that it still shows as BETA. I wonder if any of Google’s services are ever going to get out of the beta phase !!
Those who still haven’t had the Gmail experience 😮 , head for the Gmail Sign-up Page and get yourself an account… today! To those who’re existing Gmail account holders, can you please confirm if the sign-up link is active in your country? I know for one that it’s working in both India & Thailand.
P.S. All thanks to good old Twitch for pointing out the link.
nah..have tried and don’t work in Malaysia. 🙁
Damn man.. that’s sad. So it’s not true that they’ve rolled it out worldwide in one go. Maybe even with this, they’re doing it in phases. But judging from the fact that it’s enabled in both India & Thailand, I don’t think Malaysia should be far behind.. maybe a week at the most.
Keep checking the link regularly and it might catch you by surprise one fine morning 😉
Gmail is now open for public signup in the UK – except that its called Google Mail over here….
Its enabled in the United Arab Emirates .. All camels can finally register for a 2.8GB account 😉
Thanks for that bit of info, Dan.. 🙂
And Dhanesh, I heard you’ve fired up a CMail (read Camel) registration agency to cash in on this opportunity !! 😮
Keep the feedback flowing in.. it’s good to know the current status worldwide.
Cheers,
m^e
Wooop, here that?! I’m in the P.S. section. *Swell head*.
I don’t really see the point in slapping beta onto everything. It’s like the new buzzword along with web2.0.
You know you could always lie on the sign-up form; I have to get the .com version instead othe UK one.