The press was effusive when Gmail came out with a <gasp!>1 GB</gasp!> limit. They just spewed all over themselves when Yahoo! matched it. They choked when Gmail went to <gasp!>2 GB</gasp!> of space. Since then, Google has been slowly increasing personal allocation. Of course, since Gmail is not yet at the next (psychologically significant) whole number <gasp!>3 GB</gasp!> barrier, the press is silent.
This morning, my Gmail inbox holds this line:
You are currently using __ MB (__%) of your 2244 MB.
(You do not need to know how much space I am or am not using.)
Hmmm ... that looks pretty close to 2-1/4 GB. I guess "Gmail Now <gasp!>2-1/4 GB</gasp!>!" just does not play very well in a headline.