Inspire Creativity: Stupid Google - Cell phone required to sign up for gmail http://kevinwatt.org/articles/2006/01/28/stupid-google-cell-phone-required-to-sign-up-for-gmail en-us 40 Stupid Google - Cell phone required to sign up for gmail <p> You need a mobile phone to sign up for Gmail! What better way to alienate the non-techie world from their service. Is it for geeks only? Do non geeks not click on ads? For a company that doesn&#8217;t seem to try to make money, they&#8217;re sure being stingy here. </p><p> They say on their site that it&#8217;s to help prevent spammers, but that just doesn&#8217;t make sense to me. Rules like this just hurt the everyday interested-in-google joe, spammers always have ways of getting around things like this, and care enough to bother to&#8230; </p> Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:12:53 -0600 urn:uuid:9bb66a96b52ffe78e3b8046677c9c09a kevin http://kevinwatt.org/articles/2006/01/28/stupid-google-cell-phone-required-to-sign-up-for-gmail "Stupid Google - Cell phone required to sign up for gmail" by Jack Matier Kevin, if you want I can give you a gmail account.. If you want one just email jack2005@gmail.com asking for one. Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:06:56 -0600 urn:uuid: http://kevinwatt.org/articles/2006/01/28/stupid-google-cell-phone-required-to-sign-up-for-gmail#comment-635