Gmail Introduces Gmail Paper
Posted at 12:45am EST on 04/01/2007
Something that comes along as big as this, it’s just something I couldn’t pass up writing about.
While yes, I am sitting in a hotel room in Singapore, I saw this new update to Gmail. The new feature that Google has released for Gmail is the Gmail Paper feature. What exactly does it do?
Gmail Paper will physically mail you a copy of the letter you request. How exactly is Google able to pay for all of these letters being mailed out on a daily basis? The VP of sales and marketing for Google slept with the postmaster last week and they finally came to terms for free postage.
It’s going to revolutionize the digital world by allowing people to have physical copies of their e-mail now.
Great idea, isn’t it!
(Yeah….April fool’s!)
Sidenote: Seems Facebook.com is having a little fun today by letting YOU be the author and production master for the entire platform. The footer which stated “a Mark Zuckerberg production” now says “a Jonathan Dingman production” … for only for today ;)
Jonix
Apr 2nd, 2007
It’s a good april’s fool this one, but i must agree that this is a superb idea!! And google could manage something like this with advertising in the papers. It could be profit to google and it could be a great service.
Jonathan
Apr 2nd, 2007
Gmail paper actually seemed like a good idea to me until I remembered what day it was.
Then I realized…ah yes, April Fool’s ;)
I do print out e-mail from time to time though, to have a hard copy of it and for easy reference.
Jonix
Apr 2nd, 2007
Google should use this idea, i’ve no doubt that this would result. It’s a april fool’s almost “real”.
Jonathan
Apr 2nd, 2007
What do you think it would result in, though?
It would be an awful waste of paper, in my opinion. It’s funny as a prank though.
Jonix
Apr 3rd, 2007
Yes, that unfortunally “the” reason that block this idea, the waste of paper and the waste of thousands of trees