3 minute phone calls are just about good for checking voicemail.. not much more! Use skype if you really want the phone companies to go apesheet! Skype to Skype is free 24/7/365. Maybe calling another google voice number doesn't have the cap.. but calling a regular phone line (pots/cell) will start the countdown. i'm waiting for more device than the iphone and itouch to have these applications.. we need more choice of phone & portable devices (media players) at lower price points for this to be a real game changer. it would even scare the pre-paid cellular companies into lowering prices (oh goodie!)
I think that Google Voice also has apps for Windows Mobile phones and Blackberries. I know there are at least one or two available for the Palm Pre as well. The iPhone may be the most popular device that has the ability to use Google Voice, but it's far from the only one out there. There are plenty of choices. -- Nobel peace prize for Obammer... Now he's got one more thing in common with Arafat besides hating America. And he's just as succesful as Jimmy "the failure" Carter.
I think that Google Voice also has apps for Windows Mobile phones and Blackberries. I know there are at least one or two available for the Palm Pre as well. The iPhone may be the most popular device that has the ability to use Google Voice, but it's far from the only one out there. There are plenty of choices.
I have GV on my Blackberry and I mainly use it to make long distance calls and texts to friends in other countries as GV has excellent LD rates, Canada is unlimited free too. Plus Verizon charges 25 cents per text to out of country. So to me I see it as a calling card I guess, as I have used those before too. -- "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." -Jimi Hendrix