Posts Tagged ‘google voice’

Google Voice Free For All

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 11:30 Written by Chris 0 Comments

After a long closed-beta period that left many users on the outside looking in, Google has announced that its Google Voice service is now available to everyone, everywhere.

Google Voice provides a platform on which a user’s voice calling needs can be managed, offering management tools for visual voicemail, contacts and SMS messages by providing a single phone number capable of routing multiple lines while also offering free calls and text messages in Canada and the United States paired with inexpensive international calling rates.

Interested in signing up for a free Google Voice account in the name of testing and new online experiences? Visit the official Google Voice site.

Google Releases Voice App For iPhone, webOS

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:35 Written by Chris 1 Comment

Apple’s reluctance to publish the official Google Voice app in its iPhone App Store hasn’t stopped Google from making its Voice app available to users of all kinds, as announced yesterday by the web giant.

Google revealed that it has already launched a web app compatible with both the Apple iPhone and Palm’s webOS (which powers both the popular Pre and Pixi smartphones), powered by HTML5 and allowing users of those handsets to make cheap calls through the Google Voice service.

The new app is freely available for download at the Google Voice site.

AT&T to Allow VOIP, Perhaps Google Voice

Wednesday, 07 October 2009 15:45 Written by Chris 0 Comments

AT&TFollowing close on the heels of Verizon’s announcement earlier this week that future handsets powered by Google Android would support Google Voice, rival American wireless provider AT&T released the news yesterday that they would allow Voice Over IP applications to operate on the iPhone on both 2G and 3G networks; the only VOIP apps currently permitted are those that utilize WiFi. The news also comes following concern expressed by the FCC over the banning of such apps by both AT&T and iPhone maker Apple.

iPhone is an innovative device that dramatically changed the game in wireless when it was introduced just two years ago. Today’s decision was made after evaluating our customers’ expectations and use of the device compared to dozens of others we offer.

While there was no mention of Google Voice specifically, you have to think that the popular voice mail app will be compatible with AT&T’s release of the iPhone.

Google Voice App for iPhone in the Works?

Wednesday, 12 August 2009 15:59 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Google VoiceThe New York Times’ mobile industry analyst David Poque is reporting that Google is preparing to launch a web-based Google Voice application that would allow even owners of the Apple iPhone to take advantage of the service; this news follows the original rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app by Apple’s App Store just two weeks ago.

The FCC was asked to investigate the rejection based on the concern that American wireless provider AT&T was manipulating the process in order to protect their own voice services and prompting Google’s Eric Schmidt to step down from his place on Apple’s Board of Directors. A spokesperson from Google had this to say about the Times’ report:

Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users, for example by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers.

More news on this apparent web app incarnation of Google Voice as details are released!