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    Default Google plans to double Gmail capacity–at least

    Hi all
    Google plans to double Gmail capacity–at least :!:
    Google says it will dramatically ramp up the storage available with its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, raising the bar for rivals in the sharply competitive business for the second time in a year.

    The Mountain View, Calif.-based Web giant on Friday plans to double the free storage on Gmail from 1GB to 2GB, said Georges Harik, Gmail product management director. After that, Google will add a yet-to-be-determined amount of extra storage daily, with no plans to stop.

    The move highlights the seemingly inexhaustible storage needs of a small group of heavy e-mail users, and the sharply falling costs of online storage. Lifting predefined storage caps for Web-based e-mail could have broader ripple effects, Harik said, changing the way people think about quotas from something that is set in advance to something that grows with the user.

    “We wanted to make sure we have a plan in place for when people reach their storage limit,” he explained. “We don’t want people to worry that they might run out.”

    Google first broke the e-mail mold on April 1, 2004, with an announcement so bizarre that many assumed it was an April Fools’ Day joke. Gmail’s 1GB of free storage at the time was widely thought to exceed the lifetime needs of most e-mail users. By contrast, rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft offered about 10MB of storage, seeking to charge customers who wanted more.

    A slew of imitators scrambled to match and even exceed Google’s free 1GB storage offer, transforming the Web-based e-mail business.

    In addition to its gargantuan storage capacity, Gmail distinguished itself from rivals by scanning the text of e-mail messages to serve up contextual advertisements–a plan that raised a short-lived furor over potential privacy violations.

    In the first year of service, Gmail defied expectations, Harik said. The privacy concerns have amounted to little or nothing, he said, but the storage capacity became a pressing concern when some heavy Gmail users came close to using up their preset limit.

    “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.” He said Google discourages customers from using Gmail as a vast storage locker for music and video files. He said Google does not disclose the storage patterns of its users, but said a small but not insignificant number of users were close to exceeding the 1GB limit.

    Gmail will remain in a beta, or public test phase, for now, Harik added, putting to rest rumors that the closely watched service might be released officially in the near future. He said plans for new features could hold back an official release but gave no timeline.

    source:CNET

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    Who NEEDS even 1gb though let alone 2gb? Has nobody heard of cd and dvd burning equipment or an extra hard drive?
    I have a gmail account and have used an entire 9mb of storage in 7 months. Pointless really. :roll:

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    WOW. Thats amazing. I am barely using 1% of my current 1gb at gmail and i recieve a ton of emails. Well, i guess with yahoo pushing their service to 1gb google wanted to remain on top and i dont blame them. Gmail is far superior to yahoo mail anyday. All the great features it offers. O well....what more can i say....GMail rocks!!!

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    I first thought it's 1st April fools joke, but then when I loged in to my account it showed me I have 2 GB....
    They must be crazy, who needs so much space....

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    lol yeah it is crazy. no one needs this much space. but i guess its good for storing files you may need later? all ya pics/videos lol .. at least we will never run out of space

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    Yes they have changed it 2 gb
    now is 2050 MB
    I live gmail it rulez
    i am just waiting when they will make a gmail messnger this will be pretty cool though

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    Yup, my gmail is upgrated to 2050 MB too...
    My total storage is 0 MB of 2050 :p
    They'd better give free hosting of 1 GB

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    there is a counter ...
    well gmail r trying to reach the unlimited

    well thats nice ...
    the can take of the size at the end of gmail size
    and then we may think the reached the unlimited
    :D

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    my gmail capacity is 2070 MB


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    Quote Originally Posted by kahin.bizhat.com
    my gmail capacity is 2070 MB

    dude .. ur using 163 of ur mail capacity
    what the heack r u sending and recieving via ur mail
    163 is huge amount

    woow

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