Comments on: Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Top Ten Reasons Google Is The Instant King Of The URL Shortners » MarkCarras.com http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-230441 Top Ten Reasons Google Is The Instant King Of The URL Shortners » MarkCarras.com Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:45:47 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-230441 [...] fail. But notice recently how that is becoming the outcome less and less? Android is kicking butt, Google voice is doing great, and this has the other URL shortners running scared for a good reason too. Has Google become too [...] [...] fail. But notice recently how that is becoming the outcome less and less? Android is kicking butt, Google voice is doing great, and this has the other URL shortners running scared for a good reason too. Has Google become too [...]

]]> By: naz http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-105592 naz Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:41:41 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-105592 i dont get this i dont get this

]]> By: Richard Wilson http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-60574 Richard Wilson Thu, 28 May 2009 09:13:16 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-60574 Can someone please send me a google voice invite. Thanks rikwilson@gmail.com Can someone please send me a google voice invite.
Thanks

rikwilson@gmail.com

]]> By: Weekly Wisdom Roundup #24 Links You Don’t Want To Miss) | Simoleon Sense http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-54027 Weekly Wisdom Roundup #24 Links You Don’t Want To Miss) | Simoleon Sense Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:38:44 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-54027 [...] Ph.D., former Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft and now founder of Intellectual Ventures. 7. Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It - Via Xconomy - Brace for impact, again. Google is about to change the way you think about [...] [...] Ph.D., former Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft and now founder of Intellectual Ventures. 7. Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It – Via Xconomy – Brace for impact, again. Google is about to change the way you think about [...]

]]> By: Craig http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-52894 Craig Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:11:38 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-52894 Hi, I am one of the lucky ones to receive a GV account. Thanks! I think it is great. The look and feel is very inline with an email inbox. I really like the ability to use "Block" (redirect to "Not in service") and "Spam" (redirect to voice mailbox automatically) on incoming numbers. That has been useful already. The voice to text isn't perfect. I tried leaving myself a message and the text was reasonably accurate. My kids (elementary age) left some reasonably clear messages on the phone and the text was quite inaccurate. Some work still to happen there. But it is great having the text coming to email when a voicemail is left. More later... Hi,

I am one of the lucky ones to receive a GV account. Thanks!

I think it is great. The look and feel is very inline with an email inbox. I really like the ability to use “Block” (redirect to “Not in service”) and “Spam” (redirect to voice mailbox automatically) on incoming numbers. That has been useful already.

The voice to text isn’t perfect. I tried leaving myself a message and the text was reasonably accurate. My kids (elementary age) left some reasonably clear messages on the phone and the text was quite inaccurate. Some work still to happen there. But it is great having the text coming to email when a voicemail is left.

More later…

]]> By: Wade Roush http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51754 Wade Roush Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:17:40 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51754 A few readers are still wondering whether we have any Google Voice accounts left to give out. Unfortunately the answer is no -- we gave them all out quite quickly last Friday. But thanks for your interest. Hopefully it will only be a few weeks until Google opens up the service to everyone. A few readers are still wondering whether we have any Google Voice accounts left to give out. Unfortunately the answer is no — we gave them all out quite quickly last Friday. But thanks for your interest. Hopefully it will only be a few weeks until Google opens up the service to everyone.

]]> By: Jaime Navarro http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51753 Jaime Navarro Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51753 Love the article and so looking forward to using google voice as I have been tracking this for months, any invites left on the original 100? Love the article and so looking forward to using google voice as I have been tracking this for months, any invites left on the original 100?

]]> By: Eric Logan http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51738 Eric Logan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:04:47 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51738 Nice Write-up Any Invite left ? Nice Write-up Any Invite left ?

]]> By: Google Voice Overview | TechBurgh Blog and PodCast http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51663 Google Voice Overview | TechBurgh Blog and PodCast Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:20:29 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51663 [...] Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It (And We Have 100 Free Accounts to Give A... (xconomy.com) [...] [...] Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It (And We Have 100 Free Accounts to Give A… (xconomy.com) [...]

]]> By: Chuck Reynolds http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51627 Chuck Reynolds Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:53:23 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51627 @craig A point of clarification, when you receive an SMS from your Voice number, you can reply to that number and the SMS will be sent from your Voice number and not your cell number. This is a great feature. The only aspect that you cannot do is initiate a SMS conversation from your voice number without going to the mobile Google Voice website. I agree that GrandCentral had those drawbacks (which is why I didn't use it as my main number) but Voice actually does a much better job at solving this and I expect it to only get better. See my article that Wade referenced above for more of my thoughts. @craig A point of clarification, when you receive an SMS from your Voice number, you can reply to that number and the SMS will be sent from your Voice number and not your cell number. This is a great feature. The only aspect that you cannot do is initiate a SMS conversation from your voice number without going to the mobile Google Voice website. I agree that GrandCentral had those drawbacks (which is why I didn’t use it as my main number) but Voice actually does a much better job at solving this and I expect it to only get better. See my article that Wade referenced above for more of my thoughts.

]]> By: John http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51606 John Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:36:22 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51606 Works well so far, but there is a 1-2 ring delay before connecting to the mobile phone. Would like to see that snappier. Works well so far, but there is a 1-2 ring delay before connecting to the mobile phone. Would like to see that snappier.

]]> By: Craig V http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51586 Craig V Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:16:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51586 Until Google Voice can handle an outbound call as well as inbound, it's not going to take off with the masses. For example, when I get an SMS through Voice and respond on my cell phone, the reply comes from the cell number, not Voice. Likewise when I call someone from one of my phones, the Caller ID shows my actual phone, not the Voice number. These may seem like small things, but after having used (and liked) Grand Central for over a year now, I can say that this causes much confusion for people who call me and people who I call. Until Google Voice can handle an outbound call as well as inbound, it’s not going to take off with the masses. For example, when I get an SMS through Voice and respond on my cell phone, the reply comes from the cell number, not Voice. Likewise when I call someone from one of my phones, the Caller ID shows my actual phone, not the Voice number. These may seem like small things, but after having used (and liked) Grand Central for over a year now, I can say that this causes much confusion for people who call me and people who I call.

]]> By: Art Rosenberg http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51181 Art Rosenberg Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:46:13 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51181 Wade, Grand Central and Google Voice have certainly made some improvements over traditional telephony, but that's only part of the story. IP Telephony and Unified Communications technologies, coupled with multimodal mobile devices (smart-phones)are going to make even more mincemeat of the "dumb" telephones we are used to, and how "phone calls" will be initiated, received and responded to in the very near future. You need to look at what "federated presence" and "contextual" contact initiation will do for callers through Communications Enabled Business Processing (CEBP) and "click-to-contact", in addition to what voice-to-text messaging transcription is doing for recipients. Say goodbye to the limitations of a TouchTone keypad in favor of creens, speech input and alphanumeric keyboards. This, in turn, will enable the use of meaningful name directories rather than meaningless phone numbers. It won't happen overnight, but that's where UC technology is heading and will swallow up "telephony, as we know it!". Wade,

Grand Central and Google Voice have certainly made some improvements over traditional telephony, but that’s only part of the story. IP Telephony and Unified Communications technologies, coupled with multimodal mobile devices (smart-phones)are going to make even more mincemeat of the “dumb” telephones we are used to, and how “phone calls” will be initiated, received and responded to in the very near future.

You need to look at what “federated presence” and “contextual” contact initiation will do for callers through Communications Enabled Business Processing (CEBP) and “click-to-contact”, in addition to what voice-to-text messaging transcription is doing for recipients. Say goodbye to the limitations of a TouchTone keypad in favor of creens, speech input and alphanumeric keyboards. This, in turn, will enable the use of meaningful name directories rather than meaningless phone numbers.

It won’t happen overnight, but that’s where UC technology is heading and will swallow up “telephony, as we know it!”.

]]> By: Wade Roush http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51159 Wade Roush Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:25:39 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51159 Everyone, check out this insightful follow-on about Google Voice from Chuck Reynolds: "Home Phones, Google Voice, and Android" http://creynolds.tumblr.com/post/87132465/home-phones-google-voice-android Everyone, check out this insightful follow-on about Google Voice from Chuck Reynolds: “Home Phones, Google Voice, and Android” http://creynolds.tumblr.com/post/87132465/home-phones-google-voice-android

]]> By: Wade Roush http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51158 Wade Roush Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:21:11 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51158 @Bill: We posted an update at the top of the story around noon Friday, saying we'd given away all the free accounts. The winners will get confirmation from us as soon as we have confirmation that Google has opened their Google Voice accounts. I don't know if we'll be able to respond to the non-winners---there were so many. @Nick Eman: If you look at the next paragraph after the one you quote, I said Google didn't invent Web-based mail, they just did it better than everyone else. @Bill: We posted an update at the top of the story around noon Friday, saying we’d given away all the free accounts. The winners will get confirmation from us as soon as we have confirmation that Google has opened their Google Voice accounts. I don’t know if we’ll be able to respond to the non-winners—there were so many.

@Nick Eman: If you look at the next paragraph after the one you quote, I said Google didn’t invent Web-based mail, they just did it better than everyone else.

]]> By: Nick Eman http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51094 Nick Eman Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:42:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51094 " We all thought e-mail was something we could only access and manage using desktop programs like Outlook, then along came Gmail." What are you talking about? Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, Mail.com and others had web-based email YEARS before G-Mail showed up. Google wasn't even around when Yahoo, Hotmail and Excite had web-based mail. ” We all thought e-mail was something we could only access and manage using desktop programs like Outlook, then along came Gmail.”

What are you talking about? Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, Mail.com and others had web-based email YEARS before G-Mail showed up. Google wasn’t even around when Yahoo, Hotmail and Excite had web-based mail.

]]> By: Bill http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51057 Bill Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:16:14 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51057 Will we here when the 100 have been given out? I requested one early and have not heard--I'm hoping that we hear either way. Thanks! Will we here when the 100 have been given out? I requested one early and have not heard–I’m hoping that we hear either way. Thanks!

]]> By: patrick http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51048 patrick Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:05:13 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51048 I dont see that the 100 limit has been reached, lets hope there are some left :) I dont see that the 100 limit has been reached, lets hope there are some left :)

]]> By: Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It | Xconomy | Free Reverse Lookup http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51047 Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It | Xconomy | Free Reverse Lookup Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:02:59 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51047 [...] the rest here: Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It | Xconomy Author Comments [...] [...] the rest here: Google Voice: It’s the End of the Phone As We Know It | Xconomy Author Comments [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/03/20/google-voice-its-the-end-of-the-phone-as-we-know-it-and-we-have-100-free-accounts-to-give-away/comment-page-1/#comment-51044 Josh Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:42:10 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=16966#comment-51044 I agree that GV is nothing short of amazing, and have been using my account to its fullest ever since the switch over from GrandCentral, but some other authors have raised issues concerning the privacy issues of GV. Read an analysis of the privacy concerns, as well as Google's stance here: http://www.corruptionoflol.com/?p=39 I agree that GV is nothing short of amazing, and have been using my account to its fullest ever since the switch over from GrandCentral, but some other authors have raised issues concerning the privacy issues of GV.

Read an analysis of the privacy concerns, as well as Google’s stance here:

http://www.corruptionoflol.com/?p=39

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