Google Voice is one of the must-have apps for anyone with an Android phone. If you haven’t been using Google Voice here’s why you should:
- One number to link your cell, home, and work numbers.
- Calls: make, recieve, screen, conference, and recording options.
- Voicemail: you can listen to it the old-fashioned way, get it as a text, or read it in an email. You can even share messages with other people, if you’re into that sort of thing.
- SMS: free to send and receive, and you can send a text message to multiple people at one.
- International calling: a $0.10 credit to start, calls to Canada are free, with mostly low rates for the rest of the world. Mexico City is $0.02/min, the same for France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Australia. Antarctica is a pricey call at $2/min. Note these are rates for land lines, calling mobile to mobile is higher.
For me, the free calls to Canada makes Google Voice worth it’s weight in gold, or silver, or even bronze. Ok, that was a bad olympic joke. The other bad thing is that Google Voice is still invite only, and waiting times may vary. Any generous people out there with GV invites to spare, feel free to leave your information in the comments.
Google Voice Blog just added a whole bevy of new videos that fully explain how to make GV work for you, available on their site or at their new YouTube channel.
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What am I waiting for? For bloody Google Voice to be available in New Zealand!!
Same here! (but in Canada)
Same here! (but in Canada)
What am I waiting for? For bloody Google Voice to be available in New Zealand!!
What am I waiting for? For bloody Google Voice to be available in New Zealand!!
Same here! (but in Canada)
I have an old WM 6.1 phone with VZW (Hope to upgrade to the N1 or Incredible or something)
I have Gvoice. In fact, being self-employed, I have all my business calls forwarding to my G-Voice #, which forwards to my cellphone. Having VZW, my Google Voice number is one my 10 free numbers, so all that cellphone – telephone usage is FREE! hehehe! I also like it because I can read my voicemail online.
Yeah, next phone? Android.
I have an old WM 6.1 phone with VZW (Hope to upgrade to the N1 or Incredible or something)
I have Gvoice. In fact, being self-employed, I have all my business calls forwarding to my G-Voice #, which forwards to my cellphone. Having VZW, my Google Voice number is one my 10 free numbers, so all that cellphone – telephone usage is FREE! hehehe! I also like it because I can read my voicemail online.
Yeah, next phone? Android.
I have an old WM 6.1 phone with VZW (Hope to upgrade to the N1 or Incredible or something)
I have Gvoice. In fact, being self-employed, I have all my business calls forwarding to my G-Voice #, which forwards to my cellphone. Having VZW, my Google Voice number is one my 10 free numbers, so all that cellphone – telephone usage is FREE! hehehe! I also like it because I can read my voicemail online.
Yeah, next phone? Android.
Waiting for my invite… STILL!
Same her been waiting for an invite for a month and a half
Okay, both of yous, leave an email address and I’ll send my two invites. Better if someone found a use for them.
need Google Voice invite — been waiting months ! thanks
Okay, both of yous, leave an email address and I’ll send my two invites. Better if someone found a use for them.
Same her been waiting for an invite for a month and a half
Waiting for my invite… STILL!
Waiting for my invite… STILL!
Same her been waiting for an invite for a month and a half
Okay, both of yous, leave an email address and I’ll send my two invites. Better if someone found a use for them.
need Google Voice invite — been waiting months ! thanks
Yup, inviteless since August. I put in for one when I got the phone.
Yup, inviteless since August. I put in for one when I got the phone.
Yup, inviteless since August. I put in for one when I got the phone.
They only had 3,000,000 numbers to give out. That may be why you haven’t gotten it yet, I would be happy to give you one if some other people hadn’t gotten to me first. Sorry
They only had 3,000,000 numbers to give out. That may be why you haven’t gotten it yet, I would be happy to give you one if some other people hadn’t gotten to me first. Sorry
They only had 3,000,000 numbers to give out. That may be why you haven’t gotten it yet, I would be happy to give you one if some other people hadn’t gotten to me first. Sorry
Yeah, I was one of the assholes who made a couple gmail accounts and then requested an invite right away. I have like e-mail accounts that have invited that I have never even logged in with. I got all my accounts the invite though within a week or 2
Yeah, I was one of the assholes who made a couple gmail accounts and then requested an invite right away. I have like e-mail accounts that have invited that I have never even logged in with. I got all my accounts the invite though within a week or 2
Yeah, I was one of the assholes who made a couple gmail accounts and then requested an invite right away. I have like e-mail accounts that have invited that I have never even logged in with. I got all my accounts the invite though within a week or 2
Hey Sykopompos, could you kindly send me a GV invite, please and thank you?!
I have three invites available… If interested email me at jshmdn@gmail.com – will send to the first requests received!
Do you have any invites available.
Rich
Do you have any invites available.
Rich
I have three invites available… If interested email me at jshmdn@gmail.com – will send to the first requests received!
Hey Sykopompos, could you kindly send me a GV invite, please and thank you?!
I have three invites available… If interested email me at jshmdn@gmail.com – will send to the first requests received!
Do you have any invites available.
Rich
Still no GV in Canada.
Sure I can get a US number for it … but whats the point?
I tried to get a US number but the site detects my Canadian IP and blocks me with the. “This is not available in your region” message. I suppose I could run an IP spoof-er. (can i get that for my phone?)
I tried to get a US number but the site detects my Canadian IP and blocks me with the. “This is not available in your region” message. I suppose I could run an IP spoof-er. (can i get that for my phone?)
Still no GV in Canada.
Sure I can get a US number for it … but whats the point?
I tried to get a US number but the site detects my Canadian IP and blocks me with the. “This is not available in your region” message. I suppose I could run an IP spoof-er. (can i get that for my phone?)
I would be so grateful if someone could send me an invite, I call my family abroad frequently and the int’l calling function on gv could really help me not go broke : ( thank you!
I would be so grateful if someone could send me an invite, I call my family abroad frequently and the int’l calling function on gv could really help me not go broke : ( thank you!
I would be so grateful if someone could send me an invite, I call my family abroad frequently and the int’l calling function on gv could really help me not go broke : ( thank you!
I don’t have any invites, but here’s a tip. I put out a plea as a Facebook post, and one of my “friends” hit me up within a couple of hours.
I don’t have any invites, but here’s a tip. I put out a plea as a Facebook post, and one of my “friends” hit me up within a couple of hours.
I don’t have any invites, but here’s a tip. I put out a plea as a Facebook post, and one of my “friends” hit me up within a couple of hours.
I’m pretty sure you can get around the invite requirement if you sign into google voice on your android phone.
I have the moto droid. Still need the invite.
I have the moto droid. Still need the invite.
I’m pretty sure you can get around the invite requirement if you sign into google voice on your android phone.
I’m pretty sure you can get around the invite requirement if you sign into google voice on your android phone.
I have the moto droid. Still need the invite.
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