Article
by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2012
Google Voice just got itself a nice little update today, with a slew of improvements coming down the pike. They are:
Asynchronous SMS sending (offline queuing) Google says it works synchrono...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 24, 2012
We've talked before about what it takes for an app to truly be a competitor to Apple's Siri.
It needs to be easily accessible, and launch quickly. Very quickly.
It needs ...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Dec 27, 2011
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Ed. note: The game was sideloaded on a Toshiba Thrive, as it doesn't natively install from the Android Market.
Oh, boy, here we go again. One man stranded on a...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Nov 29, 2011
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There are a few things a voice-recognition app needs to do well to be successful -- and must do extremely well if it wants to call itself a competitor to Apple'...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Nov 15, 2011
The Google Voice app for Android has received an update in the Market, which brings, among other enhancements, the ability to send text messages to multiple recipients. I love Google Voice and use i...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Nov 03, 2011
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I might not think Siri is all that and a bag of chips, but I've got to hand it to Apple for one thing: it sounds good. Listening to the articulate, smooth-talki...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Oct 14, 2011
Some great news for Google Voice users has arrived today. MMS support has now become a priority and is slowly rolling out to users accounts. As noted on the Google Voice Blog:
MMS has been one o...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Apr 22, 2011
Everyone knows us Android users love the visual voicemail, but if YouMail Visual Voicemail leaves you wanting, then you're definitely going to want to check out Better YouMail.Say the developers, Best...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Dec 16, 2010
We're no strangers to the many uses of Vlingo around here and we love it when they email us lettings us know about all the new stuff they been working on. As described from within their press release...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2010
The old Voice Search options (left) and new options (right) Voice search on Android is pretty good. And it's about to get better. Google's updated the app and given us the option for personalized rec...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Google has led the way with native voice search capabilities on Android, and it's take a giant leap ahead with the new Voice Actions, just announced at that event today in Mountain View, Calif. ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 04, 2010
Nimbuzz just dropped version 2.0 of its popular Android VOIP application, bringing a slew of new features. Here's what's up:
NimbuzzOut will allow you to make cheap international and lo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
Good news for those of you who prefer to do your Google searches via voice input -- and in French, German, Italian or Spanish -- you can now do so in your native tongue. You'll need to have at least A...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We've been using Vlingo during its brief beta process, and now you can too, as it's finally in the Android Market. In a nutshell, Vlingo takes the place of Google's built-in voice-to-text service, bu...
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by Ali Fazel
May 14, 2010
Great news out of Mountain View for students today. Google is prioritizing Google Voice invites for college students to help with keeping in touch on a college budget. Now parents everywhere will be a...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Sprint. Simultaneous voice and data. Two things that, until now, have never gone together. But with the HTC Evo 4G (we've mentioned you can get it June 4 for $199, right?), it's finally a r...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 23, 2010
Google Voice is a great service, allowing a single phone number to ring several different devices at the same time. But sending SMS was like sending smoke signals, in having to wait 15-plus minutes ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2010
We've watched with interest as enterprising coders have found ways to make Google Voice even smarter by including location with the service. Basically, it knows where you are and knows not to ring, s...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Feb 23, 2010
We had plenty of travel time en route to Mobile World Congress and spent a good chunk of it playing with the various keyboards available for Android phones. Of course, one of the front-runners is Bett...
Article
by Casey Chan
Feb 18, 2010
Google Voice is awesome, we can tell you that much. We'll leave it to Google to fully explain what Google Voice is. So if you ever wanted to know what exactly Google Voice is, Google just releas...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 09, 2010
Google, creator of so many things cool, may have another awesome app in the works. Google is reportedly working on a new voice-to-voice translation that will be available to mobile phones. Meani...
Article
by Casey Chan
Jan 15, 2010
It looks like Verizon, notorious for their expensive rate plans, will soon overhaul their rate plans. Some changes will only take place in name only but others such as unlimited plans will actua...
Article
by Casey Chan
Jun 23, 2009
Hopefully you T-Mobile loyalists took advantage of that great T-Mobile Loyalty Unlimited plans that offered T-Mobile customers of 22+ months great deals like $50 for an unlimited voice plan. Bec...
Article
by Casey Chan
May 21, 2009
T-Mobile (Europe, not US) recently discussed its concern with everybody's favorite 4G technology: LTE. In Europe, it seems like T-Mobile has been falling behind in their LTE plans ...
Article
by Casey Chan
Mar 03, 2009
Remember those unlimited voice plans from T-Mobile? Well, they're real. $49.99/month for unlimited voice on a single line and $89.99/month on a two-line family plan. The add-on's are pretty sweet t...
