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G o o g l e Voice: What Can your phone number do ?. By: Mohamad Alhamada. Overview. What is it? Getting Started. Using Google Voice. The Future. Bibliography. What is it?. A company called GrandCentral. Many Phone numbers: A lot of us have or use more than one phone on a daily basis.
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GoogleVoice: What Can your phone number do ? By: Mohamad Alhamada.
Overview • What is it? • Getting Started. • Using Google Voice. • The Future. • Bibliography.
What is it? • A company called GrandCentral. • Many Phone numbers: A lot of us have or use more than one phone on a daily basis. • One for All, And All for One: It would be nice to have a single number to give out that anybody can reach us on any of these phones(cell, house, work). • A Number for life: It works like any other phone number, but its not tied to a phone or location, but it tied to you.
What is it? • Its Not a phone service nor a VOIP: it uses the carrier’s voice network to place phone calls. • And Don’t forget: Its FREEEEEE.
Getting Started. • Signing Up. • Dont forget it still by invitation only. • https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/ • Choosing your Number. • By Area code/Zip code. • By word/phrase
Using Google Voice. • How to make a phone call: • We need to call Google number from a phone and entering your PIN to access your Google voicemail, you can press the following keys to : (1) - Listen to new voicemail, if any. (2) - Place a call. (3) - Access Goog-411. (4) - Change your settings.
Using Google Voice. • When you receive calls • Google Voice will announce your caller to you and give you four ways to handle the call: (1) - Accept the call. (2) - Send to voicemail and Listen In on the voicemail. (2) then (*) - Join the call. (1) then (4) - Accept and record the call.
Using Google Voice. • Features. • Call screening . • Listen in . • Block calls . • SMS. • Phone routing. • Voicemail transcripts
Using Google Voice. • Cont.Features. • Notifications . • Personalize greeting. • Conference calling. • Call record. • Mobile apps. • Mobile site. • GOOG-411.
The future. • Google has big plans when it comes to the mobile phone market and its mobile services (G1/ My touch). • Google vs Skype. • Google vs Microsoft. • Google vs Apple.
Bibliography. • https://www.google.com/voice • www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html • http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5501 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice • http://www.40tech.com/2009/09/03/google-voice-5-steps-away-from-perfection/ • http://changelog.complete.org/archives/1079-review-google-voice • http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172278/behind_apples_thumbs_down_on_google_voice.html • http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/here-comes-google-voice.html • www.webmasterworld.com/forum10003/3878.htm • http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/apple-att-and-google-respond-to-feds-on-google-voice-rejection/ • http://www.apple.com/hotnews/apple-answers-fcc-questions/ • http://www.google.com/mobile/