I basically use my Google Voice number like a junk mail e-mail address. The ability to listen to somebody leaving you a voice mail as they are leaving it is pretty cool too.
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Official Google Voice Application Now Available in App Store
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I basically use my Google Voice number like a junk mail e-mail address. The ability to listen to somebody leaving you a voice mail as they are leaving it is pretty cool too.
Last I checked all iPhone Apps work on the iPad... Just sayin.
However, I did check for you and NO it does not work with my iPad. It says, "it is not copatible with this iPad." FWI, I have a 64gb WiFi only iPad. Anyone with a 3G + WiFi get it to work. Try installing it from a sync.
It doesn't show up on the app store on my ipod touch, so I went to iTunes, downloaded it, and tried to install. However, after it said it installed, there was nothing on the springboard. Is the app bunk or what?
You are wrong.
An app developer can flag their app to only install on certain devices. There are plenty of apps that do not work on the iPad, regardless of whether or not you have the 3G hardware on your iPad (I do). This app will not install on my 3G-capable iPad.
Same with the iPod touch. There are plenty of apps that have camera functionality that still won't load on the camera-equipped iPod touch 4.
It is the app developer who decides which devices the app will install on, not Apple Inc.
It doesn't install on mine either, regardless how I try to install it (iTunes or iPad).
It says tested on iOS 4.0 so it may work once we upgrade to iOS 4.2.
We'll see..
Can someone explain...
why gtalk was never merged into google voice? I dont understand why you would keep them separate. gtalk is simply voip. Wouldnt it make sense to include it into your google voice app, especially for iphones and other smartphones? Or am i completely missing something?
why gtalk was never merged into google voice? I dont understand why you would keep them separate. gtalk is simply voip. Wouldnt it make sense to include it into your google voice app, especially for iphones and other smartphones? Or am i completely missing something?
I've never used google voice, but for my phone number on google voice, do I use my actual cell phone number?
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1. This is US only. Sorry. It won't work any place else because Google Voice is US only.
2. This will not work on an iPod Touch or iPhone. This isn't VOIP, it's phone calls, and iPhone is the only iOS device that can make phone calls.
3. Google is using dedicated numbers, not routing this through your Google Voice number, therefore you cannot save minues by using this. It still uses minutes. It doesn't use texts.
4. To disable text message notifications (as you'll be receiving push notifications anyway) go to https://www.google.com/voice#phones on your computer. Select your mobile number and click "edit." Uncheck the option to receive text messages on this phone.
5. Advantages of this over a regular cell phone number include saving on texting, having voice mails transcribed to text, being able to set a "do not disturb" timer, routing calls to any phone you have, refusing calls from certain people, having a portable number, and many more. See this for more info.
1. This is US only. Sorry. It won't work any place else because Google Voice is US only.
2. This will not work on an iPod Touch or iPhone. This isn't VOIP, it's phone calls, and iPhone is the only iOS device that can make phone calls.
3. Google is using dedicated numbers, not routing this through your Google Voice number, therefore you cannot save minues by using this. It still uses minutes. It doesn't use texts.
4. To disable text message notifications (as you'll be receiving push notifications anyway) go to https://www.google.com/voice#phones on your computer. Select your mobile number and click "edit." Uncheck the option to receive text messages on this phone.
5. Advantages of this over a regular cell phone number include saving on texting, having voice mails transcribed to text, being able to set a "do not disturb" timer, routing calls to any phone you have, refusing calls from certain people, having a portable number, and many more. See this for more info.
Half assed effort:
-No character count in SMS window
-No ability to copy text contents at all
-Inconsistent with rest of iOS UI - make a spelling mistake on the last word, a correction should appear, hitting Send should Apply that correction, not cancel it
-UI Is slow overall. SMS do not refresh, even in official multitasking mode unless you go back to main SMS screen then back to conversation (doesn't refresh in jailbroken Backgrounder multitasking either)
-SMS screen will take forever if you have a lot of texts
-Google still hasn't learned to organize texts like iPhone's SMS app - by person, not by the weird data/conversation thing which is pretty flaky
-Inability to not page a phone with the app. Consequently, it's not clear what the ph # does in the app, because you can enter all kinds of bogus numbers. Not having a number locks out the rest of the app.
-Takes forever to load on non-3G. GV Mobile+ in comparison is faster, although GVM+'s UI is not so good
-No support for multiple accounts.
-No customization for push, or customization of anything that I can see. No availability of settings in web incarnation in app
Simple SMS equivalency. Is that asking a lot?
You hit the nail on the head. Perhaps this app is the same one that got rejected a while back with little modifications? GV Mobile+ is better in almost every aspect other than lack of notifications. Kovacs (author) has a big update coming which should improve on a lot of the UI and functionality (maybe even long awaited push?).
I've migrated to using only my GV number since I switched to ATT for the iPhone 4 in June. I did this mostly for free SMS which made dumping my cheap loaded Sprint plan less painful. I've also always had push since I forward my GV SMS and Voicemail to TextNow (there's also other options like iTim, TextFree, Messagey etc...).
Another perk with TextNow is you can send/receive MMS although it will show up from your TextNow address (or number if you pick one).
You can add the dedicated number to you AT&T A-list and not have those minutes count against you.
What people were doing before was adding the Google number as a favorite, then having every call filter through that. It doesn't work like that for this, is all I'm saying, you can't basically make every call for free through it.
I didn't enable push notifications, so calls are still coming in as my Google Voice number.
Push notifications have nothing to do with it. If you dial an outgoing contact from the app, then look at the native iPhone screen once it's connected, the number it shows you connected to will not be your Google Voice number.
we dont all live in US
I cant find it neither in Appstore. But i guess if you dont live in US your of the map!?
It would be good if the article could mention where or what region it has been accepted. Sorry i'm a bit frustrated that 99% of times i cant find things that are suppose to be released/accepted. Another example is SkyFire which i really like to get my hands on.
I cant find it neither in Appstore. But i guess if you dont live in US your of the map!?
It would be good if the article could mention where or what region it has been accepted. Sorry i'm a bit frustrated that 99% of times i cant find things that are suppose to be released/accepted. Another example is SkyFire which i really like to get my hands on.
I have an iPad 3g, and it doesn't work on mine either. It's in my iTunes apps on my Mac, waiting for iOs 4.2. C'mon Apple!