So, I've often been an EA (
Early Adopter) of new technologies. The
day it opened, I was
all over some
Google Voice action. (That's how I got a number that includes 7245, or SAIL) In brief, this service gives you one new phone number that rings all your existing phones (work, house, cell) and if any of those change (new house, new job, new cell co.), you easily change one simple setting online and your Google Voice number now rings your new phone, as well as the others. So this number is yours for
life! (assuming you live your whole life in one area code) Sounds pretty cool... but wait, there's more. When on a call, you press 4 and it starts recording your conversation (and announces it's doing so, so don't get any tricky ideas, mister). And that recording is always available on the Google Voice website, and downloadable, and forward-it-by-email-able. So no more fumbling for scraps of paper to write down that important note. And if you're on a call through Google Voice on your cell phone, and your cell phone starts to run out of batteries, no sweat-- just press * to have all of your other phones ring, just pick one up, and the call is transferred.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
I'm gabbing on about this now since at 1st, it was available by invite only (well, still is), and the invites were snatched up
quick (EA, remember?). But Google has just put this on
their blog:
"Starting today, we're beginning to give out invitations to Google Voice users. If you currently use Google Voice, over the next few weeks, you'll see an "Invite a friend" link appear on the left-hand side of your inbox."
So... let me know if you want an invite to the G-Voice par-tay.
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