XDCX
12-06-2010, 08:32 AM
I was curious if anyone here has set up a Google Voice account yet?
As I understand it the service is relatively new and it's very similar to Skype. The best part is it's FREE. :)
The concept is Google provides you with a phone number and you can direct all of your current calls to that number - e.g. your work phone, home phone, cell phone, etc. You then have the ability to send those calls to whatever phone you want to answer - you can even set it up so calls to certain number go directly to voicemail based on time of day or who's calling.
They also have a feature where you can "call screen" on your cell phone - just like the old days when everyone did that with their answering machines.
Here's a link to the Google site with more information - click here (http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html#) (The videos are really good if you have High Speed Internet)
As I understand it the service is relatively new and it's very similar to Skype. The best part is it's FREE. :)
The concept is Google provides you with a phone number and you can direct all of your current calls to that number - e.g. your work phone, home phone, cell phone, etc. You then have the ability to send those calls to whatever phone you want to answer - you can even set it up so calls to certain number go directly to voicemail based on time of day or who's calling.
They also have a feature where you can "call screen" on your cell phone - just like the old days when everyone did that with their answering machines.
Here's a link to the Google site with more information - click here (http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html#) (The videos are really good if you have High Speed Internet)