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Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

Chris R — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:35:28 -0000

I wish I had a smart phone so I could use this. Oh well.

Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

csun — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:28 -0000

After yesterday's announcement, I setup Google Voice (GV) to handle the voicemail for my iPhone. The automated transcription of voicemail is kind of cool, but far from perfect. Many words are way off, when transcribed. You can still hear the actual voicemail if you want.

I had to sacrifice voicemails from showing up in my iPhone. Now when someone leaves a voicemail, I get a text message sent to my iPhone. This is bad for those who don't have a good text plan. I don't text much, so I'm ok with it. GV provides the option to go back to letting the iPhone handle my voicemails. So for now, I'll give GV a try and see how it goes.

Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

RedShift — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:54:30 -0000

gooooooogle, i love you.

Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

Michael Yuan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:33:36 -0000

This is great news. Yes, I use Google Voice on my iPhone -- just use the web app! And this allows me to forward all my iPhone regular voicemail to Google for transcription. I can also do customized greetings for my mobile number.

I think this is good news to ATT too -- as I will no longer use their congested data network to download voicemail messages on the iPhone.

Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

Max — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:01:20 -0000

Here's my issue. I already signed up for Google Voice but haven't really used it because I want to be able to still check my voicemail on my cell and at home on those phones. I don't want to have to constantly call Google Voice to access my e-mail. Moreover, how do I even know when a new voicemail arrives unless I am constantly checkin my e-mail or text message.

What I would like to do now is to change my Google Voice number to my cell number and to be able to easily access my voicemail on my cell without having to always call Google Voice. Is that possible. I guess I don't understand where my voicemail is going to be stored and accessible. From my cell by calling Google Voice? From my cell using my cell voicemail? The most important this is that I want to know if I receive a new voicemail without always have to check text messages or e-mail. For example, on my cell, it notifies me automatically when there is a new voicemail. How does this work with Google Voice.

Would appreciate any responses.

Re: Now you can use Google Voice without switching phone numbers

Matt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:01:42 -0000

You -can- use it on your iPhone. You'll need to jailbreak it, and download the official google voice off of cydia. problem sovled. eff apple! viva le Android!!