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Doesn't seem to be available for iPod Touch even though many of the features would work fine on it.
There are way more iPod touches out there than iPhones. This could have been a great ipod touch app for people who don't want to pay ridiculous amounts for a phone.
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Because Google isn't in the business you think they're in.
So why make Android at all? If Apple removes Google search from the iPhone and disallows AdMob then how are they going to make money from the iPhone? Google Voice isn't a good example of what I'm talking about (so, I guess that makes this off topic), but take Google Goggles for instance, where is the benefit of them porting that to iPhone? - I'm genuinely interested here. Surely there is more money to be made from pe…
If they can help the carriers get more people using smart phones, they are happy. The android vs. iPhone stuff is just the small battle. The war is Internet use vs. Anything else (jogging? Sex? Swimming? And other activities google can't target with ads)
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For an upsell to work, you'd first have to believe that people buy iPhones primarily to make phone calls. Then you'd have to believe that these phone-centric individuals are tolerant of the voice latency in GV calls. I don't see it.
There is no voice lag in GV that I've noticed, I think it works more like call-forwarding than voip.
I find myself saying "no, go ahead" or talking over the other person far more often with GV than not. It's certainly usable, but I avoid GV if the call quality really matters.
Is this all native? Parts of it feels like javascript.
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It appears number portability and iPod Touch support is not on their priority list. I have no clue why. With those two features, personally, I would be free from cell phone carriers.
It does essentially give you number portability. 1. Set up Google Voice to forward your GV # to your cell phone. 2. Install the Google Voice app to get push notifications for SMS messages sent to your GV #. 3. Give out your GV # instead of your cell phone number. 4. Change the forwarding rules at will -- you can even use the same number for multiple phones.
Google's been on the record for several years as hoping to support this in the future.
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I think its yet another killer Android application that is now available on iPhone. While I can see their logic in this instance I still don't understand why Google insists on porting all of their good Android applications across, removing any competitive advantage they give to Android.
Because Google isn't in the business you think they're in.
This long-awaited arrival throws quite the wrench into the Android v. iOS platform wars. Google was obviously already on the iPhone (with search, its popular native app, gmail, etc.), but Google Voice is clearly different in that in competes with the core functions of the phone. What do you guys think the impact of this will be? Could Google use this as a Trojan horse to hook people on GV then try to upsell them to a…
I think the most important thing is, Google would get contacts this way. I already uploaded my address book removing email ids from the csv file.
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There is no voice lag in GV that I've noticed, I think it works more like call-forwarding than voip.
I'd love to find some rigorous way to measure it, but (as of six months or so ago) when I sat with two phones, held down a button, and waited for a tone to come out the other end, the delay was observably longer with a GV-to-GV call than with a GV-to-cell call, which took longer than cell-to-cell. I find myself saying "no, go ahead" or talking over the other person far more often with GV than not. It's certainly usab…
According to John Gruber it still uses your AT&T minutes for domestic calls. That should be a turnoff for most. http://twitter.com/#!/gruber/status/4619690240376832
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For an upsell to work, you'd first have to believe that people buy iPhones primarily to make phone calls. Then you'd have to believe that these phone-centric individuals are tolerant of the voice latency in GV calls. I don't see it.
There is no voice lag in GV that I've noticed, I think it works more like call-forwarding than voip.