Google Android Round-Up: Free Email Access; Amazon Music Service; 10 Percent Marketshare
October 6, 2008 |16:46 | E-mail Freebies By : Team X
At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in New York (7:30 a.m. PST), T-Mobile USA and Google ( NSDQ: GOOG) will hold a joint press conference to raise the curtain on their first Google Android device. Our own Joseph Weisenthal will be there in person to ask questions, take pictures and provide you with live coverage.
I'll also be watching from a Webcast to provide a summary of the news as it happens. In the meantime, I figured I would whet your appetite with some of the recent chatter on Android to get you prepared for the launch. Of course, the big thing everyone wants to know won't be answered tomorrow, but we'll be one step closer. That is: Will Android have as big of an impact on the mobile industry as the launch of Apple's ( NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone? Judging by these leaks developing so far, it's possible....
-- Free email access without a data plan: T-Mobile is considering including free e-mail access using Google's Gmail service with Android phones, meaning users won't have to have a data plan, Fortune reports. That compares to the $15 a month that Blackberry users currently pay. Of course, the service would be supported with advertising.

Yahoo! announced Thursday the release of a beta version of Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop, which organizes Yahoo! Mail, AOL and Gmail in one place.







