12 Comments to “Google Voice Coming Soon? I Sure Hope So!”

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   Posted by: seymour

   June 19, 2009 at 1:15 am EST

   I second that! I hope it will be available for bb like the Curve!

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   Posted by: Kimberly

   June 19, 2009 at 8:40 am EST

   Yep. Ready for Google to release it’s own app for GV. Currently I’m using GV dialer which works great on my Blackberry, but there’s nothing like a good ol Google application to make you feel good.

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   Posted by: brian

   June 19, 2009 at 8:41 am EST

   You can actually change the # displayed to be your GV # or the callers #….fyi, and you can call people with the service so it will display your GV #.

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   Posted by: Ronen Halevy

   June 19, 2009 at 8:54 am EST

   How do you set the number?

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   Posted by: n8d

   June 19, 2009 at 10:07 am EST

   If you want to call out on your BlackBerry with your Google Voice number:
   1: Set google voice as a bookmark in your Browser
   2: Log into your Google Voice
   3: In your Address Book (on google voice) hit “Call” next to the persons name (do NOT hit the actual phone number)
   4: The GV system will initiate a call from their server to your phone (like a call back)
   5: Once you answer, the system will then initiate the voice call to the person you chose displaying your GV # on that persons Caller ID

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   Posted by: Justin

   June 19, 2009 at 11:27 am EST

   To clarify brian’s comment:
   “You can actually change the # displayed to be your GV # or the callers #….”

   This is only when you RECEIVE calls. You can either see who is calling your, or see that someone called your GV number and not your cell number.

   “fyi, and you can call people with the service so it will display your GV #.”

   This calling method requires you make the calls from a browser, or you call your GV number and dial the number you want to call.

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   Posted by: Justin

   June 19, 2009 at 11:35 am EST

   Another option for a BB app is CardKaller (http://www.berryreview.com/2009/03/23/review-cardkaller-the-calling-card-manager-and-google-voice-dialer-for-blackberry/) that we reviewed back in March. CardCaller is more expensive than GV Dialer, but if you use calling cards a lot then that is a good reason to go for CardKaller. If you only use GV, then GV Dialer may be the way to go.

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   Posted by: Justin

   June 19, 2009 at 12:02 pm EST

   Oh, and couple thoughts on minute usage when making GV calls. (I am fairly certain that calls work the way described below…not positive)

   - Mobile to Mobile minutes: When calling someone, the GV number is what is calling them…and the GV number is what is calling you/what you are calling (depending on the methods I mentioned above), so even if they are on the same carrier as you (when the carrier supports free mobile to mobile calls), it will still cost both of you minutes.

   - Carrier supported favorites: If you don’t have your GV number set as a favorite, then your call to them or their call to you will use your minutes.
   If the person you call, or that calls you, doesn’t have your GV number set as a favorite, then the call will use their minutes.

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   Posted by: Justin

   June 19, 2009 at 12:44 pm EST

   And, to clarify my last comment: If you have your GV number set to display when someone calls you, the incoming calls will count against you, in the cases described above.

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10. 

    Posted by: Bob

    June 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm EST

    What does this do that iSkoot for Skype doesn’t aleady do for for the last year or so?

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