hi everyoneee,
I was wondering if anyone knows of a program that will work like a voicemail.
I saw some other posts regarding this but didnt find anything useful and being lazy i dont want to go over all of them.
I would like to have an app that will ans my phone(in silent) and record a msg for me if I dont answer it after some rings.
I hope there is such app for android (im pretty sure there must be one) cuz I looked on market and couldn't find anything useful. so please hook me up if u know thanks everyone!
Kinda confused. Why not just use your carriers voice mail? If your looking for a visual voicemail app (like iphone), my friend uses google voice and loves it.
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Google Voice, FTW!
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I am from Canada.
"Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future."
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mamallica said:
I am from Canada.
"Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future."
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Unless your provider provides a special Visual Voice Mail application (Verizon in the US and many other providers have ones, but they charge extra per month to use it), or you forward you missed calls to an external service (such as Google Voice or another voicemail transcription service), then you will not likely find a way to visually access your voicemail as an app.
Plain and simple, your provider must support it, or you must forward your voicemail to another service, which then supports visual/app management of it.
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(Q) Hey guys does any one know more or less how to work google voice? And have you ever used it for international calls if so please help thanks in advance.
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(Q) Hey guys does any one know more or less how to work google voice? And have you ever used it for international calls if so please help thanks in advance.
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i've been using google voice for a few years now but have never used it to make an international call. i have seen them publish their international rates, which can be viewed on the web site version of google voice. i googled the terms, "google voice international rates" and found them published - https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/rates
also in the google voice application you can set the application to route all international calls from the phone through google voice hence having the call charge your google voice account at the international rate google voice offers.
thats a bunch of general information to answer your general questions. if you have a more specific question, let us know and we'll do our best to answer!
hope that helps!
I think you can use skype for international for free?
I have used it
I have been using Voice since the beginning and have used it many times to call internationally. My girlfriend calls home to Russia with it sometimes since the rates are better than Yahoo and it is easy to use the phone with the Voice app set to make international calls via GV. It is true that you can call for free with Skype as long as you are calling to another Skype device, but this is the same for GTalk, Yahoo, etc.
A note about adding credits (it has been a while since I last did this, so they might have fixed it), when you add credits, it takes a while for them to display via the app and via a web browser. I think even when I tried to call they had not posted right away and it took a few hours which sucks. I ended up getting double the credits bc I thought it didn't work the first time and did it again. So my advice is if you plan to use it someday, add the credits now so you will have them if you need them.
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I have been using Voice since the beginning and have used it many times to call internationally. My girlfriend calls home to Russia with it sometimes since the rates are better than Yahoo and it is easy to use the phone with the Voice app set to make international calls via GV. It is true that you can call for free with Skype as long as you are calling to another Skype device, but this is the same for GTalk, Yahoo, etc.
A note about adding credits (it has been a while since I last did this, so they might have fixed it), when you add credits, it takes a while for them to display via the app and via a web browser. I think even when I tried to call they had not posted right away and it took a few hours which sucks. I ended up getting double the credits bc I thought it didn't work the first time and did it again. So my advice is if you plan to use it someday, add the credits now so you will have them if you need them.
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very helpful advice. i know google has quite an advanced scheme to detect fraudulent transactions so their process can sometimes take a few hours to verify a legit transaction.
in addition to the comments on using skype/gtalk for free international chatting, if you're really into your google voice account and are at a computer, you should able to make phone calls out of your gmail account, using gchat which automatically routes through your google voice account.
i've only used this method to make and receive calls domestically, so i'm not sure how the international portion would work. maybe somebody has tried this method internationally and can post up their experience?
domestically, it has been very convenient if you're at your computer and sometimes calls your google voice number, it will ring in gtalk and you can answer directly there. makes it convenient to have one phone number ring everything.
hope that helps!
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I think you can use skype for international for free?
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Only Skype to Skype but yes.
Same for GTalk
If you try and call a regular LAN line or cell number via GTalk that is domestic, it is free (for now), but international calls still cost money and the rates vary. GTalk to GTalk voice is free. I don't think there is any way to call internationally totally free without the use of the same app on both ends or PCs being involved (correct me if I am wrong). I think if there was, it would rule the market. My girlfriend only uses it to call a cell phone or LAN line to tell them to get on Skype or one of the many other video chat apps they use. My dad has a MajicJack that he uses when he travels but even that is $20 a year (I think??).
Is there an Android App that can Send and Receive Texts via WiFi on your Prime like you Text from a Smartphone using a Contact's Phone number?
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Did you do any research ? at all ?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.howettl.textab
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.apdroid.tabtalk
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mysms.android.client
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Did you do any research ? at all ?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.howettl.textab
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.apdroid.tabtalk
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mysms.android.client
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I did a Google search and found some info I was just wondering if there a Popular one that Prime guys like. Thanks for your input.
"Prime guys"? I swear XDA is just goin to hell. There is already a thread on here for the exact same thing.
Try Gtalk. Every SMS will go to whatever app you have Gtalk open on, either your computer/tablet/phone.
Google Voice is as good as any app for SMS. I use it on my tablet. You can consolidate all texts and call through the same number, ditch your carrier number for the most part, so that when you swap carriers or phones or REAL phone numbers, people can still use the same number to reach you. You could even use the Google Voice Callback (though its market availability is currently in limbo, install it on an android phone by downloading the apk. It all syncs together, you can use your GV with an app like sipdroid to make calls using voip. I thought this was all common knowledge for android users.
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Just install tablet talk and use a real phone. Google Voice blocks you from sending messages to a contact after 120-150 in one day, unless you are using it through forwarding texts to any cellular (dumb or smart)phone. So GV on it's own is not useful for serious communication.
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As far as I know Google Voice does not send MMS either. If it did I would use it on all my devices by default.
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So, here's the deal, my girlfriend and I will be in different countries for a while. I know that Skype is a VERY easy solution for talking to each other. The problem is that ISPs are TERRIBLE in her country. She rarely has a consistent enough connection to hold a quality Skype call. The cell providers are better and 10 times more consistent, however, she has a 3G BlackBerry, so no mobile Skype for her. She can actually call me at a cheap price, but it adds up. So, we want a FREE solution for VOICE communication. I think I might have figured it out:
Since I'm in the US, I'll get her Gmail credentials and sign her up on Google Voice with a Google Voice number. I keep reading that making calls through Google Voice is free when calling US and Canadian lines. If we both have a Google Voice number, then we should be able to call and text each other for free, right?
Also, I'll email her the Google Voice app for RIM, since she won't be able to access it from there.
Does anybody see any faults in this plan?
also try viber its a good option for free VOIP calling and is available for bb , android nd ios for free
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Hey, I'm switching from Sprint to T-Mobile, and I need to decide if I want t port my number to TMo or keep it as my Google Voice number, with forwarding to my new number. I know T-Mobile doesn't have the full integration Sprint does, but the big question nobody seems to have answered anywhere that Google can find is this: on T-Mobile, does Google Voice still let you choose whether to receive texts via the GV app or the stock messaging app, or are you stuck using the Voice app?
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Hey, I'm switching from Sprint to T-Mobile, and I need to decide if I want t port my number to TMo or keep it as my Google Voice number, with forwarding to my new number. I know T-Mobile doesn't have the full integration Sprint does, but the big question nobody seems to have answered anywhere that Google can find is this: on T-Mobile, does Google Voice still let you choose whether to receive texts via the GV app or the stock messaging app, or are you stuck using the Voice app?
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Dude, your signature is being read by a ton of folk who's third or fourth language is English. Try writing a few posts in Russian, or better yet, Mandarin, and you'll get what their up against. (Yes, that's a deliberate dangling participle.) Although I agree with your basic gist for the most part, your approach isn't going to win anyone over to respect our ever-changing, hybrid-by-nature mother tongue. Respect is the key to respect.
To answer your question, you can set it up so Google Voice texts are forwarded to your stock messaging app/service/number. I use Handcent pretty much exclusively with my Google Voice number, but it doesn't support MMS, yet. I still use my cell number for MMS, but there've been rumors in the mill for months.
T-Mobile has always lagged behind the other major US carriers in Google integration ever since the G1 wasn't the only Android phone on the market. They lag because their cheap, and they're cheap because they lag. It's OK with me, I'd rather hack my phone than pay too much for it.
I have been hearing alot of people using the google voice voice mail over the stock voice mail. Can someone chime in and explain what are the advantages of using the GVM vs stock? Also how do you go about this? Any help is appreciated.
In my case, its I go Google VM for the network saving + the many other features of Google Voice.
I rather not lose my Voicemail access between devices & so I like accessing them from anywhere.
Google Voice can be used for just VM but I cant help you there as I've fully integrated. I do recommend going Google Voice entirely though.
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I completely integrated, it works great. They are supposed to be working on integrating mms too but so far it doesn't work well
You get another phone number that you can have forwarded to any other phone or multiple phones. You can set people in different groups and set different options for each group. You can have different outgoing messages for each contact or group so your friends here one thing, but your boss hears another. You get great long distance rates using your google voice number. I think it's still free to Canada. Perfect if you don't want to give out your real number or if you want one number to consolidate a bunch of phone numbers. You can block numbers you don't want calling you anymore. If you're going to be busy you can use the "do not disturb" feature which sends people right to voicemail. You get so much more space for voicemails. And they are all organized just like google mail. You can star messages and keep them forever.
So much and it's all free. Why not just try it? Here's the google voice features video
I finally got it setup properly a few days ago and I'm loving it. Blown away by all the features. During setup, using my phones browser, when it got to the part where I called my phone from the website (ON my phone ), and I recorded my greeting from the website on my phones browser , I knew this was some good sh1t.
And I love having the voicemails accessible directly from call log.
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If you haven't already, try adding grooVe IP into the mix to really have your mind blown.
I really like it anyway. The only small drawback is about a 2-3 second delay on (free)voice calls