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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Introducing Gmail Paper (April Fool from google.)

Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it’s here. Gmail is bringing it back.Gmail started a new service......

A New Button

Now in Gmail, you can request a physical copy of any message with the click of a button, and we'll send it to you in the mail.

Simplicity Squared

Google will print all messages instantly and prepare them for delivery. Allow 2-4 business days for a parcel to arrive via post.

Total Control

A stack of Gmail Paper arrives in a box at your doorstep, and it’s yours to keep forever. You can read it, sort it, search it, touch it. Or even move it to the trash—the real trash. (Recycling is encouraged.)

Keep it Secret,

Keep it SafeGoogle takes privacy very seriously. But once your email is physically in your hands, it's as secure as you want to make it.

Is it free?
Yes. The cost of postage is offset with the help of
relevant, targeted, unobtrusive advertisements, which will appear on the
back of
your Gmail Paper prints in red, bold, 36 pt Helvetica. No pop-ups,
no flashy
animations—these are physically impossible in the paper
medium.
How about
attachments?
All part of the deal. Photo attachments
are printed on
high-quality, glossy photo paper, and secured to your Gmail
Paper with a paper
clip. MP3 and WAV files will not be printed. We recommend
maintaining copies of
your non-paper Gmail in these cases.
Is there a
limit?
You can make us
print one, one thousand, or one hundred thousand
of your emails. It’s whatever
seems reasonable to you.
But what about the
environment?
Not a problem.
Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer
organic soybean sputum, and thus,
actually helps the environment. For every
Gmail Paper we produce, the
environment gets incrementally
healthier.

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