Is there any reasonably easy way to get a Gmail account these days?

If you have a mobile phone you can have a gmail invite sent to it.
Is there any reasonably easy way to get a Gmail account these days?
if you're nice to me i'll send an invite
Reply:I opened a gmail account just a couple of days ago; a friend sent me an invitation by email. Now I have 50 invitations to send, would you want one?
Reply:simple - ask a friend that has gmail to send you an invite, and then you can have your own gmail account
Reply:did'nt know you needed a invite.i just went to msn.com and filled out the info and got one.