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Google rocks! gmail, g voice, g docs, chrome.. all of them top tier products!!
jeffj19
Tired Member
posted: Aug. 25, 2010 @ 2:06p
JesseLivermore said: I'm convinced that Google is a front and data aggregator service for the NSA and/or CIA. Hmmm, I am going to Google that and see if I can find out any additional information.
jeffj19 said: JesseLivermore said: I'm convinced that Google is a front and data aggregator service for the NSA and/or CIA. Hmmm, I am going to Google that and see if I can find out any additional information.
Even stranger is that Yahoo is covering a story about a new Google Feature. Hmmm.....
good news folks, if you have google voice, and this New program, you can have google voice forward the call to this program and you can pick it up with google email phone.
MISTERCHEAP said: good news folks, if you have google voice, and this New program, you can have google voice forward the call to this program and you can pick it up with google email phone.
Thanks but don't see the phone app on my gmail yet - did all the upgrading and stuff. Guess they're rolling it out in next few days.
BPH789 said: MISTERCHEAP said: good news folks, if you have google voice, and this New program, you can have google voice forward the call to this program and you can pick it up with google email phone.
Thanks but don't see the phone app on my gmail yet - did all the upgrading and stuff. Guess they're rolling it out in next few days.
not on mine either, do you HAVE to have contacts in chat app and only able to call those in your chat list?
I just paid for another year with magicjerk, they changed their setup so this will be thelast year I'm with them. They now require the obtrusive dongle be plugged in after the upgrade few days ago. Hope google keeps this and it stays free or cheap. SOOOOO long Dan Borislow & Magicjack, you had your chance to offer a dongleless solution and you missed the boat, so I'm jumping ship.
rolandmai said: Oh well, yet another feature that doesn't work on linux. Very weird for a company that uses linux to make money.
Dude why you want to mess around so much with Linux when things works easily on Windows. Yes I agree windows is slow and buggy and viruses etc etc.....but still easy to manage then Linux. Also windows has a far bigger and better environment then Apple and Linux when it comes to PC.
hamarabajaj said: rolandmai said: Oh well, yet another feature that doesn't work on linux. Very weird for a company that uses linux to make money.
Dude why you want to mess around so much with Linux when things works easily on Windows. Yes I agree windows is slow and buggy and viruses etc etc.....but still easy to manage then Linux. Also windows has a far bigger and better environment then Apple and Linux when it comes to PC.
It's free? And you can make it look exactly like Windows?
lesliejs said: the service has been around for a couple months now, and longer for a limited number of users, I didn't think twice about posting it, my bad.
Chat has been around, but not the ability to directly call phones from it while on your email page. That is new as of today. No call icon available on mine yet either. From what I read, it is being rolled out to users over the next few days.
The international rates are even better than Ooma's (for Philippines, anyway). I still don't see a call button either. Engadget says the voice quality is excellent. Can't wait to try it.
You’ll be ready to get started once “Call Phones” shows up in your chat list (you will need to install the voice and video plug-in if you haven’t already).
I do not see Call (or a chat list) so much for their instructions..... in my gmail
To upgrade:
1. In Gmail, click the Call phone link in the Chat list. 2. From the Call window, click your current account balance and select History or Add credit. 3. Once in Google Voice, click the Upgrade your account button. 4. Complete the upgrade steps including picking your new Google number.
yesidonoitall said: I do not see Call (or a chat list) so much for their instructions..... in my gmail
To upgrade:
1. In Gmail, click the Call phone link in the Chat list. 2. From the Call window, click your current account balance and select History or Add credit. 3. Once in Google Voice, click the Upgrade your account button. 4. Complete the upgrade steps including picking your new Google number.
patience, it's being done in waves. Will take a few days for all gmail accounts to see this new icon-to use service.
lesliejs said: the service has been around for a couple months now, and longer for a limited number of users, I didn't think twice about posting it, my bad.
Sounds like you're thinking of Google voice. That's what I thought so first too, but it's in addition to that, since you always needed some phone around to use Google voice.
Mind control at work? (Or perhaps a healthy sense of humor?) Amazing though, how often this rote response comes up whenever someone bothers to connect the dots. Perhaps an Alcoa plot? or Kaiser?
ezwrighter said: JesseLivermore said: I'm convinced that Google is a front and data aggregator service for the NSA and/or CIA.
I always wear my aluminum foil hat when typing searches into google...don't you?
kwon234ioud
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 25, 2010 @ 3:54p
I just tried it. You don't use a headset like Skype. It calls your mobile phone. When you pick up, google connects you to the number you were trying to dial. I was really excited about making free domestic calls on my computer, but its not compatible with T-Mobile prepaid plan. Also the number portability doesn't work at all. When I dial my google number, it doesn't ring my mobile or my house number.
Pretty disappointed given how much hype this had. At least it'll make cheap international calls for the time being.
rolandmai said: Oh well, yet another feature that doesn't work on linux. Very weird for a company that uses linux to make money. It works for Linux. Google added Linux support to the Gmail Voice and Video plugin a few days ago:
kwon234ioud said: I just tried it. You don't use a headset like Skype. It calls your mobile phone. When you pick up, google connects you to the number you were trying to dial. I was really excited about making free domestic calls on my computer, but its not compatible with T-Mobile prepaid plan. Also the number portability doesn't work at all. When I dial my google number, it doesn't ring my mobile or my house number.
Pretty disappointed given how much hype this had. At least it'll make cheap international calls for the time being.
You are using the "Call" button from your google voice screen. The "new" call button will appear in your gmail screen (i.e. the screen where you check your email. On the left side there is a chat section and that's where it is supposed to appear (I guess in a day or two for most gmail users).
lol i used 2500 minutes on my familytalk 550 plan last month. 200 rollover minutes - the rest were nights and weekend and 80% mobile2mobile. plus about 80 hours of facetime/yahoo/tango (wifi/3g).
what's up with the lack of video chat program for iphone on google?
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