Gmail SMS: where are you? Dec01 '08

Now, this just is just downright mean - the Gmail blog posted a teaser about being able to send SMS from within the Gmail interface.

I promptly wrote about my anticipation for this feature, which was quoted as being released "within two weeks."

So, in the spirit of Labs, we've pulled SMS chat back to fix it, and we'll get it back out to you as soon as it's ready -- probably within 2 weeks, so stay tuned.

That was October 31. It's now been over a month, with no update on this feature.

Granted, it's a free service, so I can't complain, but that blog post just seemed so unlike Google's normal blog posts which usually announce features as they go live, rather than alluding to things in such a manner that puts expectations on users.

In the world of software development, if there's one thing you don't do, that's announce features before they go live, and make unrealistic deadlines for when things will be released. You're just asking for problems to happen.

Categories: Features , Gmail , SMS

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And today, when I really need this feature since my iPhone is almost dead, it's still not here. Two weeks? Hah! ... Read more.

no kidding, I was thrilled to read about this feature only to find it "pulled" before I could even use it....is 10/31 getting to be like 4/1 @ Goog ... Read more.

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