Gmail to Open to Everyone

February 7th, 2007 - By Haochi

Although you might not be able to see the link now, but sooner or later, you will - Gmail is now open to everyone in the world, you don’t need an invitation code, nor does you need to use a mobile phone.

On a Gmail support page titled “Can I sign up without the invitation code? Or without a mobile phone?“, and the answer is: “Anyone in the world is now welcome to create a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup. Enjoy!”

The link doesn’t work for me yet, it still asks for to login Gmail instead of creating a new account, but I know, it will be here soon, really soon.

[via Google Operating System]

UPDATE: Hmm, it’s not even close to April, come on Google, don’t play us like that. :( The support page has been updated and no longer says everyone can sign up Gmail.

2 Responses to “Gmail to Open to Everyone”

Online Apps Says:
February 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

Actually, no. From http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/02/07/gmail-open-to-everybody-nah-just-teasing-again:

I think Google enjoys teasing everybody with Gmail. There’s always rumors and hints that give the impression that they’re about to open up Gmail to everybody. Take for example the 2800 Digg users in December who Dugg an article saying that Google had opened the registration to everybody. That time, it was really only opened up in Egypt.

This time, if you visit the Google and click sign-up, you’ll be taken to the page where you could use your mobile phone to sign-up. On the bottom of the page they have a Frequently Asked Questions page which says “Can I sign up without the invitation code? Or without a mobile phone? By clicking on that link to get the answer, you’re brought to a page that looks like this:

Great news, right? According to the page, anyone in the world is now welcome to create a Gmail account. Unfortunately, when you click on the link that they provide to sign-up, it takes you right back to the sign-in page. No such luck.

What this does indicate though, is that Google is definitely preparing themselves to open up Gmail worldwide, probably sooner rather than later. The screenshot above shows that the page was modified on Monday, so I’m surprised that it’s Wednesday, and they still haven’t pulled it yet.

Mary Sue Adams Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

I am unable to get my mail to unload. What should I do?????