Comments on: T-mobile considering free Gmail?

By: me2

me2 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:12:40 +0000

A couple things are confusing to me. #1, reading the words on this page imply that it IS “available in all stores within 3G boundary area”. so can I buy this tomorrow? or should it read “will be available at some point”? #2 What does “open system” mean; can I run software meant for plam OS or pocket PC Windows on it? little help please?

By: SiliconAddict

SiliconAddict — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:56:20 +0000

I already created a xxxxxx.tmobile@gmail.com with the intention of using it as my mobile a-mail account.

By: joey

joey — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:51:48 +0000

this is to get peoples mouth wet and a taste of a data plan. See people here in the states dont got realy any clue(today is much better than before, but still) of data plan an the great advantage of info in the palm of ur hand, because they dont see the value. Offering free data access for google service, will create that need of more and build value to the consumer market 3G release makes it the best time.

By: A S

A S — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:16:00 +0000

This doesn’t quite compute. It means you can get an Android phone without a data plan? Wouldn’t you be sacrificing about 90% of the goodness of Android by not getting a data plan?

By: Jono

Jono — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:02:42 +0000

“…T-mobile risks cannibalizing a portion of their steady blackberry income for customers who will love the idea of “free email.”

Maybe, but the benefits outweigh the risks. If you can offer gmail access for free, and the competition can’t, who’s going to get that customer and their 1-year contract? T-mobile already knows that data service is cheap. If they limit it to ONLY gmail.com the amount of data being used is minimal, especially on their brand new 3G network that’s rolling out everywhere. This is a great idea on T-mobile’s part.

By: Will Robinson

Will Robinson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:40:39 +0000

Many of T-Mobiles phones already offer an email plan that you do not need a data plan for. The email works via sms. Such as with the Samsung Blast, you only pay for the sms, or if you have a sms plan….

By: timmyjoe42

timmyjoe42 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:26:56 +0000

This is only for the HTC, right?

By: John

John — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:07:47 +0000

If they have their own “Google Apps for Enterprise” domain, something like gmail.t-mobile.com or something (or move their tmo-mail service onto said google apps domain), then they could not only give you free email/calendar/docs/etc, but they could give it to you without advertising. It costs like $80/yr for each account to go ad-free, but you can do it.

So, T-Mobile could just pass on the cost to you. Something like $7/mo for ad-free t/g-mail account, or free for ad-subsidized t/gmail account. They might even be able to offer it for less than $7/mo if you consider what they currently pay, internally, to support the current t-mobile email accounts. If it’s $7/mo or more, then they could pay for the ad-free part themselves and pocket the difference in costs.

By: SteveT

SteveT — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:58:57 +0000

It could be done along the lines of one of those schemes (no negative connotation intended) that Salon dot com did a while back. You get service but have to look at ads. If you don’t want the ads, you can pay a yearly or monthly premium to be ad free. What a great idea, and it would be a quid pro quo, not a spam txt thing like others have proposed.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:20:57 +0000

I am a blackberry user and my primary email is from gmail. i have the usual hotmail, yahoo and aol email address as well