[Google]'s controversial Gmail e-mail service, under invitation- only testing on the Internet, is the toughest ticket in town.

Dallas Pool is offering a two-hour Segway rental from his shop in La Jolla, Calif., in exchange for an invitation. "My business gets 100 e-mails a day," says Pool. "Finding an e-mail from three months ago is a nightmare. I want Google's proven ability to search through them."

Independent technology analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group doesn't think Google will hasten its Gmail release date, even in the wake of strong consumer interest. "The best thing for them to do is work out the bugs," he says.