Has there been any update on the status of the iPhone Google Voice app? This is the ONE thing preventing me from switching back to the iPhone from Android. I don't understand how Line2 can be allowed in the app store but not Google Voice. Last I heard, the rejection was being investigated but I haven't heard anything since. Anyone know?
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Any Update on Google Voice
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My guess is that with apps like GV, Skype, etc... that's the reason for the data caps. I would venture to guess that GV would be showing up in the near future.
Have you tried using the GV mobile (web) interface? It's pretty nice, and gives you much of an app functionality.
Edit: like this: http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-voice-for-iphone-and-palm-webos.html
That is one thing as well, I dont want to have to depend on jailbreaking the phone to use a gv app, but I'm willing to try this web app compatible with the iphone if I come back to the iphone:
http://www.google.com/mobile/voice/
Have you checked this out? Or anyone else, how well does it work?
My main concern is that I use google voice as my main texting number.
Yeah, I use it and it's nowhere near where it should be if it was otherwise an actual app. Having to refresh the page to see if you've received a text is such a bummer.
Try this...
GVMax is a solution that works in conjunction with the web ap if you do not want to jailbreak your iPhone.
It works with Prowl (iPhone ap) and pushes notifications of a GV sms directly to your phone real time. Best of all, it's free but also offers additional functionality for a small fee.
https://www.gvmax.com/
GVMax is a solution that works in conjunction with the web ap if you do not want to jailbreak your iPhone.
It works with Prowl (iPhone ap) and pushes notifications of a GV sms directly to your phone real time. Best of all, it's free but also offers additional functionality for a small fee.
https://www.gvmax.com/
Set your GV account up to email your texts. Once you recieve the text as a email, you can respond via email. *at least w/ a gmail account* It works well. The only thing you need the webapp for is to start a new text. Its not that bad ...
That being said, I cannot get my friends and family to differntiate between my real number and my GV text number. So I don't use GV at all.
Getting the phones working on GV was a complete nightmare. I will never actually use the phone part. If I could, I'd deactivate my GV account completly.
That would be a great feature. I don't think there is ever a chance to officially get GV on the iPhone though. Too much AT&T oversight on that one. If that get's on there, they are going to loose a chunk of their text messaging business since GV does that for free.
I agree with the poster, set it up via email. If you need to start a new text, that's the only time you would have to bring it up till another work around is found. Also, getting the new iPhone is also a great time to broadcast a new phone number
I plan telling as many people I know that my GV number is my new number when I get my iPhone. That way i don't have to pay for texting!
Nope, there is a free version supported with ads... works really well, its like a native app but it's a web app.
Voice Central Black Swan offers a HTML web app that works great with GV there's a free version as well as a premium paid version...but the GV web app in itself is functional enough for most things you'll use it for
Wouldn't it be easier to just use your GV number? Setup GV so that number rings any other number you assign, like your cell or home phone. Then setup texting to go to a free iPhone texting app, like say Textfree Unlimited, or one of many others.
I would think then this way your contacts could call one number for voice and text.