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Google Voice

kenypowa said:
Blame Apple. :(

However, the GV webapp is not too bad. It gets its job done and you receive texts in the form of emails.
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in the form of emails too* (you made it sound like GV doesn't do regular text, didn't want people new to GV to get confused)
 
S1njin said:
Gosh I wish there was a way for the GoogleVoice texting to seamlessly work in a non-jailbroken iPhone. It'd save us all a bunch of money ....
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You can. Go buy Prowl from the ap store for your iPhone. I think it's $2.99. Then go to this site:

https://www.gvmax.com/

Sign up for the basic service. It's free and put in your Prowl key as you have to create a new Prowl account at:

http://prowl.weks.net/

Then your GV SMS will push to your iPhone in real time and you can use the web ap to respond. I use this same setup but I am jailbroken so I use GV Mobile to respond. It's really a streamlined process and I have been using the hell out of it. I rarely use my AT&T SMS anymore except for MMS.
 
phrint said:
You can. Go buy Prowl from the ap store for your iPhone. I think it's $2.99. Then go to this site:

https://www.gvmax.com/

Sign up for the basic service. It's free and put in your Prowl key as you have to create a new Prowl account at:

http://prowl.weks.net/

Then your GV SMS will push to your iPhone in real time and you can use the web ap to respond. I use this same setup but I am jailbroken so I use GV Mobile to respond. It's really a streamlined process and I have been using the hell out of it. I rarely use my AT&T SMS anymore except for MMS.
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How does this solution differ from having Google Voice send SMS texts to your email address, and then responding from your Mail app (assuming you have Google as the exchange server)? You'd still originate texts through the HTML5 Web App/shortcut.

Not trying to be wise by any means - just trying to understand.
 
S1njin said:
How does this solution differ from having Google Voice send SMS texts to your email address, and then responding from your Mail app (assuming you have Google as the exchange server)? You'd still originate texts through the HTML5 Web App/shortcut.

Not trying to be wise by any means - just trying to understand.
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The combination of Prowl and GVMax will actually push a notification right to your phone alerting you of a GV SMS just like other push notifications for other aps/programs. The alert is real time so you don't have to keep checking the ap. Then you can go into your client and send a response. I would rather have a notification than an email because there is usually a several minute delay versus seconds using the Prowl/GVMax solution.

If you are not jailbroken, you would still use the web-ap to originate but you would receive an immediate alert to your phone if you receive one. Hope that helps. Check out the links in my previous post. You will get a ton more info there. Prowl is useful on a Mac in coordination with Growl (Mac desktop ap) which can alert you on tons of notifications and programs.
 
phrint said:
You can. Go buy Prowl from the ap store for your iPhone. I think it's $2.99. Then go to this site:

https://www.gvmax.com/

Sign up for the basic service. It's free and put in your Prowl key as you have to create a new Prowl account at:

http://prowl.weks.net/

Then your GV SMS will push to your iPhone in real time and you can use the web ap to respond. I use this same setup but I am jailbroken so I use GV Mobile to respond. It's really a streamlined process and I have been using the hell out of it. I rarely use my AT&T SMS anymore except for MMS.
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Looking closer at this, it looks very similar to the TextNOW implementation - being that a company or entitity 'X' intercepts a Google Voice text and transfers it for you. Essentially it looks like Google Voice forwards texts via email to GVMax, who than strips out some header info and bounces it back to you via notification. I believe in essence this is how TextNOW works.

I had bounced on TextNow on my iPod Touch because, to me, I'm introducing another layer to the transmission of my text. I'm a IT Manager by trade, so more layers to me generally means more potential for failure.

This method probably works very well, for what its worth - not trying to knock it but more trying to understand it.
 
S1njin said:
Looking closer at this, it looks very similar to the TextNOW implementation - being that a company or entitity 'X' intercepts a Google Voice text and transfers it for you. Essentially it looks like Google Voice forwards texts via email to GVMax, who than strips out some header info and bounces it back to you via notification. I believe in essence this is how TextNOW works.

I had bounced on TextNow on my iPod Touch because, to me, I'm introducing another layer to the transmission of my text. I'm a IT Manager by trade, so more layers to me generally means more potential for failure.

This method probably works very well, for what its worth - not trying to knock it but more trying to understand it.
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In my understanding, there are three layers including Google for getting the SMS notifications pushed to your phone. It is your choice in the end. I have never had one issue with the setup I described and I get my GV texts in real time. Some services delay by several minutes and push via email. I like the immediate notifications and I can then go into GV Mobile to respond. Just like Apple's SMS push feature. I understand that more layers means more potential for failure but we are talking SMS here not secure data transmissions.
 
phrint said:
In my understanding, there are three layers including Google for getting the SMS notifications pushed to your phone. It is your choice in the end. I have never had one issue with the setup I described and I get my GV texts in real time. Some services delay by several minutes and push via email. I like the immediate notifications and I can then go into GV Mobile to respond. Just like Apple's SMS push feature. I understand that more layers means more potential for failure but we are talking SMS here not secure data transmissions.
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Don't get me wrong - you're absolutely right. I just like to understand how all the pieces come together. :)
 
im new to the site and i must say that im highly addicted considering this is my first post. guaranteed that there will be many more to come. Just started looking into Google Voice and this is something that is a must in my opinion. If anyone has a spare invite it would be greatly appreciated and if there is anyway to repay the favor down the road ill be there. my email is benjamintbradberry@gmail.com.

thanks in advance
 
Interesting how admins strike down certain topics almost instantly, yet this one is allowed to exist to 3 pages.
 
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I'd like an invite too. Pretty please?

svrasputin@gmail.com
 
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