Free Google Voice + Video + IM + Gmail = Awesome
The "holy grail" of unified communications has arrived . . . a solution to that ties my email (Gmail), instant messenger (Google Talk), Video Chat, Free SMS, Voicemail (Google Voice), Google Calendar, Google Docs all together into one organized and simple hosted solution. You can't beat the price which is currently free and it just might fix your cell phone coverage as well. What finally blew me away was the last step of choosing my new phone number and you can search by key words, numbers and zip code. I typed in my mobile phone number and my new number was only one digit in the area code different. I now have a (310) and a (317) phone number and that is cool!
As a small business owner this is an ideal solution and could save you thousands of dollars per year if you take the time and get organized. Its also a solution for the many millions of office and home cell phone users who don't have any mobile phone reception in their home or office. It is now so simple to simply dial the number with one click that you can leave your cell phone in the car (if you forward your phone number). No more dead zones or dropped calls that seem to be getting worse on smartphones that consume more data.
As a small business owner this is an ideal solution and could save you thousands of dollars per year if you take the time and get organized. Its also a solution for the many millions of office and home cell phone users who don't have any mobile phone reception in their home or office. It is now so simple to simply dial the number with one click that you can leave your cell phone in the car (if you forward your phone number). No more dead zones or dropped calls that seem to be getting worse on smartphones that consume more data.
This is a timely announcement by Google as VoIP competitor Skype now has over 500M+ users and is positioning itself for an IPO. I think Google Voice will now quickly catapult itself as a big competitor to Skype. The recent announcement of Google calls from PC to Phone is somewhat unique as Skype currently charges for these calls with their Skype Out product. It is cheap as well but I assume Google Advertising has thought through the math and figure that they can make it free and make more money on the advertising served up. SMART!
It will also be very interesting to see how tightly integrated the new Google Voice features are with the Android operating system and the New Features on the T-Mobile G2 Phone phone that will be coming out in November.
Click to Dial from your Contacts or Instant Messanger
Google Voice Transcription on PC or MAC
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too bad I still can not call my google voice # and make a call using either a fast dial directory nor any of my contacts by name.
I tried sending that feedback to google but obviously, it did not make it to the "right" person.
Calling phones from from Gmail http://bit.ly/9vkj3l is pretty cool. I'm baffled as to why this isn't fully integrated with Google Voice. Grand Central was AWESOME and widely available to Canadians! We got completely hosed with Google Voice. I'm a Google camper, but I won't be happy until GV works properly for me. When will it be fully available to Canadians???