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I think the primary reason is online service inertia. It takes a lot to swtich email services but once people switch (keyword here is switch-not try out) to Gmail they rarely ever swtich back!

Like pjricc, I switched to Gmail about a year ago and haven't looked back since. I now use it to sync about 8 email accounts including my old school email accounts, dormant professional email subscriptions etc and I'm happy that there's going to be a application that makes it even more accessible to the mobile user.
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Google launches new mobile Gmail  Loverock Davidson | 11/02/06
Couldn't the same be said for Blackberry, treo and the like? (NT)  RicD_ | 11/02/06
Yes  Loverock Davidson | 11/02/06
Of course you do  DarthRidiculous | 11/02/06
Thats not my fault  Loverock Davidson | 11/02/06
Of course you hate BlackBerry.  nomorems | 11/03/06
Google will respect privacy. They understand very well what would happen if  DonnieBoy | 11/02/06
Because they have so much in the past?  Loverock Davidson | 11/02/06
Google does respect  John Zern | 11/02/06
Respecting privacy is part of trust, without trust, Google is nothing.  DonnieBoy | 11/02/06
Yeah, and your beloved Microsoft is better? I think not!  nomorems | 11/03/06
Too funny  Scrat | 11/02/06
You forget that Google was the only one that stood up to the government,  DonnieBoy | 11/02/06
You forget that Google was the only one that stood up to the government,  DonnieBoy | 11/02/06
Or, if you understand how cell phones work  rhavyn | 11/02/06
More important that a good mobile Gmail, Google is for sure working  DonnieBoy | 11/02/06
Revenge of the Applet  mighetto | 11/02/06
Can't anyone proofread anything anymore???  Confused by religion | 11/02/06
300 different phone models  mstokle@... | 11/02/06
Yep  rlescaille | 11/05/07
Guess what? Nobody uses GMAIL  marksashton | 11/02/06
More storage for us!  pjricc | 11/02/06
Email/Online Service Inertia  erikig | 11/02/06
so what?  juzinhah | 11/02/06
Gmail Mobile is Excellent  bhartman36 | 11/03/06
Many simply WON'T use gmail  ibabadur1 | 11/03/06
So then why do you care?  nomorems | 11/03/06
New Gmail App Does Not work on Treo 700W  remilk | 11/02/06
Google & Java Mobile Apps  erikig | 11/02/06
Gmail  plejboj@... | 11/14/06
RE: Google launches new mobile Gmail  scarpezio | 11/05/07

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