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Starting in May 2007, Yahoo will take a step ahead of Google and offer unlimited email to all of it’s mail users.  As much as flipping a switch would be ideal, to turn on the limitless storage, this will be a phased roll-out across the user base.

Here is a snapshot of the history of Yahoo mail and other storage comparisons at the time:

1997: Yahoo! Mail launches with 4MB of storage

• SanDisk introduces 2MB flash card for the Canon PowerShot.
• Compaq announces “high capacity memory upgrades” in four capacities, including 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB capacities.
• Caleb introduces the Ultra High Density floppy disk drive that stores up to 144MB on a single disk.

2004/2005: Yahoo! Mail upgrades in 2004 to 100MB of storage, followed by a jump to 1GB in 2005

• Olympus upgrades to 1GB flash memory card.
• HP announces 160GB storage upgrade for its Media Center PCs.
• Corsair in 2005 announces a USB flash drive with 4GB of storage.
• Apple announces the Fifth Generation iPod with 30GB capacity.

2007: Yahoo! Mail announces unlimited email storage

• SanDisk launches 8GB flash card for photo storage.
• Alienware introduces a desktop computer with 1 terabyte of storage.
• Apple currently ships the newest 80GB iPod, launched in 2006 and holds up to 100 hours of video.

Someday, can you imagine a hard drive that you can never fill? Never having to empty your photo card on your camera to get space back? Enough storage to fit the world’s music, and then some, on your iPod? Sounds like a future without limits.

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