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Google Voice App

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skittles90623

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Jul 7, 2011
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Ok, so I have two Gmail accounts with Google Voice installed. For one of them, if somebody calls that Google Voice number, it connects to my iphone. But for both accounts, I have no problems making phone calls with it through my MBA.

Anyways, I downloaded the Google Voice App for my iPad, one of two things happen.

1) With my first account, I dial, and the "click2call" shows my mobile number. I click on it, and it calls my phone -__- to make the connection to where I'm trying to call

2) With the second account NOT connected to my cell, it just doesn't do anything.


I really wqant to learn how to do this. If somebody who's tried it before can teach me. THX
 
It won't let me do it through either 3g or wifi. Honestly, dialing a number in that app calls my phone to connect to whoever i call. what's the point?? i'll just dial from my cell then...

I think I'll have to look to other alternatives.
 
skittles90623 said:
It won't let me do it through either 3g or wifi. Honestly, dialing a number in that app calls my phone to connect to whoever i call. what's the point?? i'll just dial from my cell then...

I think I'll have to look to other alternatives.
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The point is that you have a different number that you call from. You have a private cell # and a GV #. The GV# can be given out to people you do not want to give your private one out to. Why would anyone do this? First of all, with GV# you can always block a caller directly from GV. With your private, the process is more complicated. Secondly, with GV you have the option of having it ring multiple phones and not just one.
It really depends on personal preference, I used GV since day 1 (beta tester) till last year. However, upon getting the iPhone I didn't find much use for it as the integration with the OS was a pain. It works far better on the Android (duh).
 
saberahul said:
The point is that you have a different number that you call from. You have a private cell # and a GV #. The GV# can be given out to people you do not want to give your private one out to. Why would anyone do this? First of all, with GV# you can always block a caller directly from GV. With your private, the process is more complicated. Secondly, with GV you have the option of having it ring multiple phones and not just one.
It really depends on personal preference, I used GV since day 1 (beta tester) till last year. However, upon getting the iPhone I didn't find much use for it as the integration with the OS was a pain. It works far better on the Android (duh).
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yeaah, those are some good benefits (privacy and all), but I was hoping the calls could be made in the same way as my laptop, where it calls the person straight and I can just speak into my computer. I think there's some VOIP stuff I can look into.
 
skittles90623 said:
yeaah, those are some good benefits (privacy and all), but I was hoping the calls could be made in the same way as my laptop, where it calls the person straight and I can just speak into my computer. I think there's some VOIP stuff I can look into.
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You are right that VOIP is the way to go for calling from an iPad. The problem is that Google Voice is not a VOIP application. Another alternative is Skype, which uses its own protocol which is similar to VOIP.
 
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