I was just looking over googles link for a new account when you send someone an invite so i went to www.google.com/accounts

guess what !

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

SIGN UP FOR ONE NOW !

I guess i got excited before i read the whole thing:-D

# Gmail - free 1000 MB email service (Limited availability)

So not sure if you'll get a gmail invite with the sign-up...whoever tries this, post some results what you get !