  tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
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1 edit | html5 this is not just for iphone. also a good alternative for other html5 compliant mobile browsers, ie the palm pre and android (if you dont like the native apps) | |
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join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | Well....? What I want to know is when can we start using that to actually make calls? I tried the new interface and tried making a call. I still needed to use my regular voice service for the call to go through. | |
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 |  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
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| Re: Well....? said by Steve B:What I want to know is when can we start using that to actually make calls? I tried the new interface and tried making a call. I still needed to use my regular voice service for the call to go through. It is not VOIP.
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|  MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by Steve B:What I want to know is when can we start using that to actually make calls? I tried the new interface and tried making a call. I still needed to use my regular voice service for the call to go through. You will always use your regular voice service unless you connect to GV via SIP. | |
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|  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | said by Steve B:What I want to know is when can we start using that to actually make calls? I tried the new interface and tried making a call. I still needed to use my regular voice service for the call to go through. The Google Voice switch calls you back on your cell phone; then connects to the party you want to talk to; and in effect sets up a conference call thru their switch. So it still costs you minutes on your cellphone plan.
The SMS feature, however, does bypass your cellphone companies text msging function. So you can do text msgs without a text msg plan from AT&T - saving you money there.
And their are some ways to set up voicemail so that all your voicemails go to Google Voice and their voice to text transcriber. You can read about the Google Voice features here:
»www.google.com/support/voice/bin···ic=16497
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| | | | Re: Well....? The only problem is that the Safari browser can't do push notifications like the Google Mobile app can. That makes a GV wweb app kinda tough to be a true SMS replacement. | |
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join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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| Re: Well....? You can set up GV to send you an email when you get a text. If you have a Yahoo or other push enabled account this will give you an instant notification, but I agree it's less than ideal.
You can also set up GV to send a SMS to your phone when you receive a SMS at GV, but that defeats the purpose if you are trying to save money.
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join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1 | Re: Well....? This is why I'd like to see gv offer the option to forward text to an IM account.
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| | | | |  KevNYCPremium
join:2002-03-31
Seattle, WA | Re: Well....? Their forward to e-mail solution works pretty much the same if you have push e-mail. Responding to the e-mail sends the response back as an SMS.
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join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL | WM anyone? I can understand creating an app for Android, as thats their own baby... but why not release a native app for Windows Mobile?
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|  FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | Re: WM anyone? i'd like to see that too. and I don't even have a WM device. I just have love competition 
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join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA
kudos:2 | Just tried it now... ...and while the interface is clean and easy to use, I thought I'd be able to make free calls to land lines which I found I cannot (nor had I tried previously). I did successfully send a couple of text messages and this browser based app will create a short cut to itself on the home page so it looks and acts just like any other app, except that it's in the Safari browser. Very clever Google. | |
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join:2002-03-13
San Francisco, CA | iPhone app and ... There is a great app available if you are willing to jailbreak the phone.
Also, I am STILL waiting for the updated version of skype that works over 3g ... tick tock?
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|  ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Putnam, CT
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| Re: iPhone app and ... said by percosan:There is a great app available if you are willing to jailbreak the phone. Also, I am STILL waiting for the updated version of skype that works over 3g ... tick tock? -p Jailbreak the iphone and spend $1.99 on 3G Unrestrictor. Works like a charm on any iPhone app.
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join:2002-02-08
Purgatory
kudos:6 | Pretty nice I wish it was a "real app", but that's easy enough to overcome .. just add it to the home screen as a bookmark and it's pretty much the same thing. Calls work fine, voicemail the same. Not bad. | |
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|  drewAutomaticPremium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
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| Re: Pretty nice I am on a 3GS and I can't get the VM to play either out the speakers or the headphones. I press play and nothing happens -- no "data activity" indicator on the bar or anything.
What do you do?
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| | statestress magnetPremium,Mod
join:2002-02-08
Purgatory
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| Re: Pretty nice I've got the 3GS model as well, when I hit play it launches a quicktime type window (similar to the youtube interface) and plays the message by default through the speaker.
If it's not launching, maybe try rebooting the phone? Low on memory or something? Just guessing. | |
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join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice Do me a favor and go to c895worldwide.com and try the iPhone stream. Let me know if it has the same behavior. | |
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| | | | statestress magnetPremium,Mod
join:2002-02-08
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kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice Yeah, exact same behavior. | |
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join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice ha! absolutely nothing happens when I click on that link either. I suspect I'm missing something. I'm on 3.1.2 | |
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join:2002-02-08
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kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice Me too, 3.1.2 (7D11). Does the youtube app work, or have you tried emailing yourself a .mov file and try to open it on the phone? I'm guessing they all use the same basic framework. | |
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join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice I use youtube.
What the heck.. ? | |
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join:2002-02-08
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kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice Got plugins and javascript turned on in the Safari prefs pane? Maybe try turning on the debug console, see what it spits out at you when you try the google page. | |
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join:2002-07-10
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kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice plugins were turned off. I never have touched that stuff so who knows. it works now. Thanks. | |
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join:2002-02-08
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kudos:6 | Re: Pretty nice Enjoy. | |
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join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA | Safari problem on iPod Touch This definitely looks nicer than before, but it won't work with my iPod Touch. I dial the number, and when I hit the green call button, I get an error:
"Cannot Open Page
Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid." | |
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join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1 | Re: Safari problem on iPod Touch That's probably because the Touch isn't a phone.
The GV page uses the phone to dial the GV number. | |
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join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA Reviews:
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| Re: Safari problem on iPod Touch said by Morac:That's probably because the Touch isn't a phone. The GV page uses the phone to dial the GV number. That shouldn't be the case as far as I know. It worked just fine with the previous site before they updated. My understanding is that when you select a number to dial with the Google Voice website (certainly true from a PC and was true with the previous mobile site), Google Voice places a call to your phone (whichever number you had defined), and after you pick up, then dials the number you wanted to call. IOW, the mobile device does not need to be a phone.
Has something in this paradigm changed? | |
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join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: Safari problem on iPod Touch said by amarryat:said by Morac:That's probably because the Touch isn't a phone. The GV page uses the phone to dial the GV number. That shouldn't be the case as far as I know. It worked just fine with the previous site before they updated. My understanding is that when you select a number to dial with the Google Voice website (certainly true from a PC and was true with the previous mobile site), Google Voice places a call to your phone (whichever number you had defined), and after you pick up, then dials the number you wanted to call. IOW, the mobile device does not need to be a phone. Has something in this paradigm changed? Yes for the iPhone, the phone actually dials the GV number which automatically dials the number you enter. So the iPhone shows an outgoing call. I guess the site is mistaking the iTouch for an iPhone.
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join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA Reviews:
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| Re: Safari problem on iPod Touch said by Morac:thing in this paradigm changed? Yes for the iPhone, the phone actually dials the GV number which automatically dials the number you enter. So the iPhone shows an outgoing call. I guess the site is mistaking the iTouch for an iPhone. Interesting that they can cause the phone to dial from Safari. I hope they ressurect the old site for other mobile devices. Or better still, add an option to the new site that will cause GV to dial the call rather than the phone. | |
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join:2002-12-22
Fayetteville, GA | liars Liars | |
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|  MSaukMSaukPremium
join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | Re: liars damn this looks 10 times better on my iphone. The old site was clunky, this seems much easier to do what you need to do.
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join:2004-01-09
Newark, NJ | roses and chocolates I've owned & developed for windows mobile, iphone, and have been playing around with android for the past few weeks... some thoughts...
If I were apple, I would be buying Google roses, chocolates and some super-expensive jewelry right now in order to apologize and woo them back into publishing new iphone apps (especially for some of the new labs stuff). I would back this up with a blank check in terms of approving their new apps.
Apple needs google, much much much more than google needs Apple!
Some thoughts :
- Google has already replicated ALL iphone functionality in android (and more). They have a very viable mobile platform with support from at least half a dozen giants in the handset business (motorola, htc, sony-ericcson, etc.). They have devices on every major US carrier right now (and are about to add dozens more in the coming year). They are already co-branding these other "droid" devices, and are even releasing their own "nexus" htc device. Looking at the lineup of (cheap and cool) android smartphones about to be released, I predict market share for android is about to skyrocket.
- Google just acquired admob. They ALREADY have advertising (even on the iphone) nailed! Since this is their primary source of revenue, they would definitely be open to the possibility of pushing new apps for the iphone (if apple allowed it)
- Apple cannot easily replicate google functionality. Google currently supplies maps, voice search, and youtube to iphone users. However basic apps (such as gmail, calendar, talk), and newer more innovative apps (such as voice) have been blocked. The apps that do exist are simple webkit wrappers around a webpage that are slow and don't integrate with anything else on the iphone.
- Apple cannot "easily" replicate any of the really cool newer google labs products that are already on android. They aren't a search engine company, and simply don't have the data to do it.
In android, all of the standard google stuff is seamlessly integrated (search, voice search, maps, gmail, youtube, calendar, contacts, voice, talk etc.) All of the upcoming google labs stuff (goggles, sky, nav, translate etc. etc.) is SUPER cool and customers WILL BEGIN TO NOTICE that it's missing on the iphone! Even right now when I show someone my phone, the android set is way more impressive than my previous iphone. Even other colleagues with iphones are impressed. The new google labs apps are largely responsible!
IMHO, apple needs to start kissing some major Google ass instead of blocking google apps, or risk increasing irrelevance in the smartphone market. | |
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»www.fiercewireless.com/story/app···-RSS-FW0
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join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: I still don't get it...... There's only 3 reasons I can think to use it:
1. Free SMS
2. If you want your GV number instead of your phone's number to show up on other people's caller id.
3. Checking GV voicemail.
Other than that, there's really no point.
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| |  gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL | Re: I still don't get it...... said by Morac:There's only 3 reasons I can think to use it: 1. Free SMS 2. If you want your GV number instead of your phone's number to show up on other people's caller id. 3. Checking GV voicemail. Other than that, there's really no point. Free SMS is one of the main reasons people want this. Can you blame them? | |
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | GV Mobile Hi,
I have the GV Mobile App from Sean Kovacs. Nice app it is a third party for Jailbroken IPhones .
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