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Google Voice calls you on your phone and connects you to any US number for free. Call from your address book and save your typing
Google Voice calls you on your phone and connects you to any US number for free. Call from your address book and save your typing
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
I like being able to pick up a call on my cell (though GV forwarding) when I am not near my computer, then transferring it to my unlimited Skypein phone line when I get back to my computer. Should save me lots of precious cell phone minutes!
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
It’s my first time hearing this feature from google. I understand that you can use your house phone to dial a friend or family by dialing your google voice number before you dialing a friends number or family for free?
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
I got a netbook, and it is on at all times. So yes, it does walk around the house. So eat my shit.
It’s ok for the number to forward to my cell phone for incoming calls, but making outgoing calls from my Googvoice number is annoying. I don’t like having to dial my phone first. If I’m at my pc, i’d rather just use my pc mic.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Also most phones allow you to go into your contacts while in a call… as long as you know who you are calling right away… you dial the number… then press 2 and then dial your friend from your contact list in the phone and program all your contacts with a # to end it.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
When is it going to be avalible in the uk
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
cuz your pc cant walk around the house and is not on u at all times duh
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
1.) Does it save my tmobile minutes? No!
2.) Does it give me free calls to other countries? No!
If it can’t do these 2 things it’s garbage, it’s nothing more than a way to keep me on the google site. Why would I turn the computer on, then go to google, then log in to my email, then look for my contacts, then make a call??
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
I need to be able to speed dial from my phone. Can’t do that with google voice. well, at least not without using the lame 406 hack. Fix it, google. Fix it.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Not yet. The first phase will roll out in the US only.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Is it REALLY free? Or does it use a minute?
For example, I have verizon. Right now my plan gives me 450 min. to use a month. If I get a google number, & place all these calls for free, I might as well lower my verizon plan to one that’s like 40 min. a month & pay less. HOWEVER, if placing a google voice call thru my phone uses 1 MINUTE of my calls everytime I do it.. I’m sure I would make more than 40 calls in a month, & therefore lowering my phone plan would be pointless.
Any insight?
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Apple does work with Google. Eric Schmidt and another individual that works for Google are on Apple’s board. Actually, I think Eric Schmidt may have left the Apple board due to conflicting activities between the two companies.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
@jeasterday- They are, but don’t call them Shirley.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
haha, but thay should team up, it would get money for both sides
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Nope didn’t pass apples goons.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
apple works with google(i think)
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
@joemm4 but does it still charge you minutes even if its connecting through google?
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
hey guys sorry i dont have this straight still i got a question please try n help me
is google voice free? for home-use.
say someone calls me… will i be charged on my phone bill? or will they be charged?
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Fuck apple for banning this on the iphone!
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
can it work for canada?
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
Yeah they do, I use my Tracfone.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
if only we could call from pc, — does a pre-payed phone work??
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
If everybody used Skype with WiMax (4G), all calls would be free worldwide and they would include video! Research it.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
The big question is how to use a bluetooth headset with either Skype or Google Voice. I think it’s possible with Skype, but not sure about Google.
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
so maybe someone answered this but for android phones there is a program called guava that marries Google voice with gizmo (Skype knockoff) that does exactly that. All I do is dial my contact, it dials my contact and calls me back so quickly you don’t even notice the difference. Don’t know if it’s available on anything but android, but surely somebody’s working on it or maybe it’s being ported to iPhone at least. (voice texted)
Jan 9, 2010 at 11:02:30
It is complicated.
Making a simple call takes you go through 4 or 5 steps.
There are so many other VOIPs that let yoy call US for free or for a penny without going through 4 or 5 steps.