Google will roll out around 100000 invitations to preview Google Wave starting Wednesday September 30^th.

Here is the crux:

• Do not consider it as a final release. This is just a preview mainly for testing/bug-fixing purpose.
• 100k invites to be send to 3 groups: a).Active developers that were involved in the developer preview of Wave b).Initial users who gave feedback on wave.google.com c).Selected Google Apps customers
• Every user will be allowed to nominate (NOT invite) 8 people to whom the invites will be send at a future point in time.
• Around 1 million people applies for preview, so for all those unlucky folks invites will be send as the capacity increases.
• Google Wave will now be accessible at wave.google.com instead of wavesandbox.com(used initially by Wave testers).
• You can now use your original Google-Account credentials to access Wave and it will sync up with your GMail contacts.
• Widgets will be integrated with Wave. Currently it will have Suduko (so you can play that real time with your friends), Ribbit, 6rounds and Lonely Planet.
• Wave will work best with Chrome (Firefox, Safari also fine) and IE users will be suggested to install Chrome Frame for smoother experience!

Sounds good! Come again tomorrow for our around the blogs review of Wave.

Google Wave Snapshots

Google Wave Inbox View

Google Wave Edit Page View

Follow-Up

The Official Google Blog: Surf’s up Wednesday: Google Wave update by Lars Rasmussen

Google Wave Developer Blog: What happened in the Wave sandbox by Stephanie Hannon

TechCrunch:   Google Wave Starts Rolling, Picks Up Over 100,000 New Riders by MG Siegler

CNET News : Google Wave ready for wider testing by Tom Krazit

Search Engine Land: Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout by Greg Sterling

Mashable!:   Google Wave: The Wait Is Almost Over by Ben Parr

Reuters: Google to expand Wave testing, eyes Wave store by Alexei Oreskovic

Snapshot credit : TechCrunch