T-Mobile G1 to offer free Gmail email with no data plan?
According to a piece posted by Fortune magazine, T-Mobile is considering offering free Google Gmail email access to users of its soon to be launched G1 Android smartphone. If the plan comes to fruition, no data plan or extra monthly fee would be required to use the Gmail client, though it is possible that Google and T-Mobile could make the “free” Gmail access ad supported, just like the desktop version of Gmail.
According to Fortune, such a plan would not come without risks to T-Mobile. T-Mobile currently charges for data access, and data access fees have been becoming an increasingly large part of T-Mobile’s quarterly revenues. But with all that said, something like this could really give the G1 the kick in the pants it will need if it is to take on Apple’s iPhone with any success.
Update: Well, the G1 launch has come and gone, and there was no word at all about free Gmail access.
(The first paragraph of this post has been modified from its original form for clarity’s sake.)
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actuall i purchased this phone without a contract im not sure if this is accurate but with 3g off i still get updates on gmail while all other sites and emails do not connect so i think this might just be accurate . hopefully the bill woint come with data charges
Hmmmm, you’ll have to check back with us after your first bill to let us know if you get charged.