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Google Voice skips your operator

Google Voice, is an alternative call apllication to run on smart phones or other devices. Google Voice is now about to hit iPhones by way of an app. This app for the iPhone has immediately access to your contacts.

Here is how it works: you don't press you regular 'Phone' application, but you select your Google Voice button. You just dial a number or select it from your contacts, as you would do in your regular phone application. The App diales out to Google and you' be a called back to connect both sides and you press the Green button. In this way, you do not only skip the standard fees charged to you by your operator, it will also allow you to maintain your calls from any other smartphone or devices. It actually disconnects your telephone number from your device. Additionally, you can also SMS people the same way.

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Reaction by Boris Toet on 2 June 2009 06:27

I’m wondering who is charging you for this service? Does Google charge you? Will operators allow google to exploit these types of services? It sounds a bit like a VOIP solution comparable to Skype (SkypeOut). Probably only allowed on WiFi networks.

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Reaction by Boris Toet on 2 June 2009 06:32

Since it is also working on a iPod touch, I’m guessing it only works with WiFi networks. Google will get major trouble when allowing their app to utalize 3G data connections!

BTW… what’s up with the callback? Technical malfunction?

SMS however seems to connect to the traditional SMS app from the iPhone, in other words, this will not give you a reduced rate.

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