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Google Releases Browser-Based Google Voice Web App for iPhone
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Google Mobile (app) is not the Google voice app.
Google mobile is pretty much just a search engine app.
Anyone else having issues with trying to dial a number through Google Voice?
I've tried entering in a few phone numbers and it shows a popup asking me if I want to call 609-878-0466, which isn't any of the numbers I tried to dial
It looks like that is the access number for voicemail in my area if you're not using a Google Voice number (which I am). Other people seem to be having issues as well with other devices http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=104d39a0217b5225&hl=en
EDIT: Dialing that number works fine and it connects the original number, it just shows up in your recent calls list as that number (rather than the original number that you tried to dial.
I've tried entering in a few phone numbers and it shows a popup asking me if I want to call 609-878-0466, which isn't any of the numbers I tried to dial
It looks like that is the access number for voicemail in my area if you're not using a Google Voice number (which I am). Other people seem to be having issues as well with other devices http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=104d39a0217b5225&hl=en
EDIT: Dialing that number works fine and it connects the original number, it just shows up in your recent calls list as that number (rather than the original number that you tried to dial.
In their present build....they are night and day. I am using Black Swan and it is VERY nice, comparable to GV mobile in Cydia. GV Mobile was one of the reasons I even jailbroke, the other being 3G unrestrictor. The google voice web app is very basic but would serve the purpose for those that arent willing to jailbreak or for some reason dont or cant use Black Swan.
Well it has to work that way to get the caller ID to appear right on the other end. The call has to come from the GV number so how this is done is your phone calls Google Voice. GV service dials the number you want to connect with and then connects the two numbers and steps out.
The caller ID on the other end of the line appears as your GV numbers. Your phone out going calls yes is going to be google but if you go into your GV call log it will be correct.
The only problem people might run into is the GV app can not directly access your contacts off your phone. This is an easy problem to solve by using Gmail exchange server and have your contact upload to google or on other phone uses google sync. This puts all your contacts on Google servers and keeps them sync up so you can access them from either side.
you just don't understand how it works and what it can do. I use it mainly for voicemail, you call my cell I don't answer and you get forward to GV (you don't even know it is being forwarded). I then can read or listen to the message and never have to call my voicemail. Verizon charges for the visual voicemail, GV is free. It has a lot of other benefits also
I like that feature as well. Only thing keeping me from doing it is there is no "push" notification that you have a voice mail like it is with your carrier.
yes you get a txt message but there is no icon telling you that you have a voice mail. On my blackberry it would take while for a notification icon to pop up telling me that.
I played with it for a while but for some reason just could not give up the voice mail icon. Plus I would have to do some other fun setting changes to tell my phone to call voice mail. Not that it is a big deal. Most just old habits die hard. I am looking forward and hoping AT&T will allow Visual voice mail on the curve 8900 when they release OS 5.0
I agree, but I think it's a different situation for Google. With regards to China, there were ethical concerns, but with Apple, no such concerns exist. With the reports that Google was being hacked by Chinese government officials, so for them to be in a country with hostile leadership could be argued as being a stupid business decision. In addition, companies have a social contract with their customers, and since Google likes to regard itself as being a good corporate citizen, leaving China helps its image, which is also, a good business decision.
I think what it ultimately comes down to for Google is weighing the perceived costs of ethical concerns and dealing with a hostile government to the benefits of being in the largest market in the world. In addition, they aren't the major search engine in China, so there is the possibility that it isn't even that profitable for them to be there in the first place. However, this all doesn't matter anyway because Google is still in China and they're still trying to work with the government (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35064319/ns/business-world_business/).
I use Google Voice, so I understand perfectly what it can do. Like I said, you basically just use it to replace your Verizon voicemail, which is fine if that is how you realize the most benefit from the service. I was not aware Verizon charges for visual voicemail.
not sure about other phones but with the GV app on the Droid Eris I get a icon on my phone telling me I have VM. Also like you said you also receive a text or email if you want.
Not sure if I was dreaming. This morning, when I clicked my GV link in the main screen it open the safari web app. When I close the safari and clicked the link again, it open another safari screen. So at this time I have two open GV web apps.
Now, when I click the GV link on the main screen, if you already open a safari GV web app, it will used it again and you will not have many GV opened in safari.
Edit: Also my link that I created before, it has now a nice icon.
Now, when I click the GV link on the main screen, if you already open a safari GV web app, it will used it again and you will not have many GV opened in safari.
Edit: Also my link that I created before, it has now a nice icon.
The question is how long after you get a Voice mail does the app tell you. when I tested it on the blackberry it took a little time instead of being almost instant like it is SMS/ carrier Voice mail.
Google has to add a tag in the header to do this (it tells the iPhone to open it as a web app). I'm not sure why they didn't do this though.
So, I'm confused. I used the old Google Voice mobile web page, which worked fine: I'd enter a phone number, it would call my phone, and then connect me to the number I entered for cheap international calling and so that my phone number appears as my GV number to callers.
However, in this new app, when I dial a phone number, it just pops up a standard iPhone dialog, quits safari, and dials the number in the phone app. How is this any better that just calling using the iPhone call app? It doesn't let me take advantage of any of the advantages the old web app used to (or doing it from my computer does.) Why would they not follow the same model??
However, in this new app, when I dial a phone number, it just pops up a standard iPhone dialog, quits safari, and dials the number in the phone app. How is this any better that just calling using the iPhone call app? It doesn't let me take advantage of any of the advantages the old web app used to (or doing it from my computer does.) Why would they not follow the same model??
The new model is much more direct. When you call out to the GV number, it instantly picks up and forwards you to the destination number and the user on the other end sees your GV number.
Yep, there's a bookmarklet here that lets any app run in full screen web-app mode:
http://www.thingsthemselves.com/
Oh, I see. Unfortunately, this still removes one of the most useful features of GV for me, which is that I have no cell phone reception at work and use a SIP client to receive incoming phone calls for free (but cannot make outgoing phone calls for free.) It also prevents what I do when I travel to Europe, which is to receive incoming phone calls (free) from Google and am able to call people in the U.S. for free...
I wonder if there's a way to use the old GV web app?
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I wonder how Apple and the networks (especially at&t) will feel about this?
I take it there is no way apple or at&t can block it, is there?
I wonder how Apple and the networks (especially at&t) will feel about this?
I take it there is no way apple or at&t can block it, is there?
If using AT&T mobile internet - AT&T could certainly block it - there's not much AT&T could do if using WIFI.
Apple could block the URL in a future iPhone firmware..
But why? Both would get a large backlash for doing so... and raise the eyebrows of regulators....
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The reason I asked was because during time the Google voice app was rejected, there were some accusations that at&t were involved (I have no idea if this was ever proven but I remember at&t denying it)
The 2nd reason was because at5t stand to make nothing from Google voice and they could ultimately lose money from it.
It doesn't really concern me living in the UK but I do find the whole Google voice interesting. Perhaps one day we'll get to sample it.
Stella said:
The reason I asked was because during time the Google voice app was rejected, there were some accusations that at&t were involved (I have no idea if this was ever proven but I remember at&t denying it)
The 2nd reason was because at5t stand to make nothing from Google voice and they could ultimately lose money from it.
It doesn't really concern me living in the UK but I do find the whole Google voice interesting. Perhaps one day we'll get to sample it.