In Depth Google Voice Review

Google a long time ago bought a company called Grand Central which eventually stopped giving out invites when Google took them over. For a long time Grand Central was in the dark like it fell off the map. There weren’t any blog posts or updates given by anyone and the site seemed almost dead except for the fact that it still worked for users who were lucky enough to get an account before Google took it over.

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Google Voice Coming Soon!

Google Voice, which many people have been impatiently awaiting is finally showing signs of coming alive to a great deal more users. So if your one of the 300 million Americans (Google Voice is only in the US Right Now) waiting for a number your in luck! According to Network World:

Google last month reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3, signaling that it may finally be ready to roll out its long-anticipated Google Voice service.

This I never really thought abotu before, Google needs numbers to be able to let users use its service. This is probably why it is taking so long for people to be invited to the Google Voice service because Google is limited by the ammount of numbers they own and can give out.

GVDialer Update for Blackberry comming Soon

The Gvdialer a calling application for Google Voice that can be used with the blackberry will have an updated coming up which will include integrated texting. Here is what the GVdialer team has to say:

We originally planned to release the version for Beta by the end of this week (the 19^th). However due to some last minute feature additions there will be some further delay. We expect the version to be out for Beta by the 26^th.

Also here is a comment from the GV Dialer team on what new features we can look forward to:

We are sorry to keep you waiting, but hope that the new version, which includes SMS support, as well as data-triggered call back from the GV platform, will make you happy.

Lets at T-mobile G1 to the List

Yesterday I made a post comparing the Iphone Cost to the Palm Pre costs, and then even added in the Blackberry Storm. Well I don’t knwo how I forgot it, but what about the t-mobile Android G1 smart phone! So here are the results for the G1 for totalt cost of ownership:

I really like the Android Operating system and am thinking it its going to get really really good when Google really integrates Google voice with it.

May Venture Into Google Voice now….

If you saw my post yesterday I said I would not use my new coveted Google voice account just yet, but that now may have changed.

It seems that GVdialer has a beta of a new version of gvdialer that integrates texting, So I am told. If this is true and it is done right I would gladly use this beta version of gvdialer along with my blackberry storm. I will keep you all posted, I hope this rumor is true and hopefully will have some answers for you all later today and hopefully I will be happily useing my Google Voice!

Facebook Blackberry update

So as I reported before Facebook updated there application for the blackberry storm to version 1.6. I have downloaded and tried it out an am very pleased with the improvements. I no longer need to go to the mobile facebook website to see friends walls, Its now built into the blackberry facebook application.

Another great feature is easy viewing of albums in the new version you can easily scroll through pictures in a nice built in picture viewer!

Also they have seemed to fix a bug that greatly bothered me. The facebook Application for blackberry can sync with your contact lists, and sync your contacts picture with your contacts facebook account. I found this super cool but for some reason some a my contacts synced with facebook but their pictures wouldn’t sync, and it stunk to have a few of my contacts not working. But now in this new version that bug is fixed and all my contacts photos synch, Yippy! If you have a blackberry go download the new app at:

www.blackberry.com/facebook

Got a Blackberry Storm!

I just got a nifty black berry storm, I will have a short review posted in the next week or two. A lot of people originally complained about slow and freezing a lot, well that was true too with my blackberry storm but verizon let out a update yesterday fro the blackberry storm and it made things soo much better!

Stay tuned for the review!

Update:

Ok so I prommised a Blackberry Storm Review and here it is!

What Does Googel Voice Have to Offer, and What it Does Not

Google about 2 years ago bought a company called Grand Central for $45 million in cash. Google closed invitations, and hadn’t touched it or so we thought until now. Google has opened what is called Google Voice, the new Grand Central.

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