Well I broke down and emailed Google and requested (begged) to test their Gmail service. Ill let you know...
Heres the text of my begging:
May I please be a tester. I promise to give feedback.
My name is Henry P. Erich III
I am a software engineer from Orlando Florida with 5+ years of experience.
Username: he3@gmail.com ?
More about me:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Henry+P.+Erich+III