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Since Google doesn’t stand a puppy’s chance in a mosh pit of getting Voice into the iTunes App Store, they’re resorting to a new mobile website that handles all the usual functions (like checking transcribed and audio voicemail, dialling out with your GV number, and send text messages). You can find out more about Google Voice here, but it’s basically ties all of your phone numbers (cell, work, home, wherever) under one number, and stores a lot of pertinent information in the cloud. While I wasn’t too thrilled about this strategy when it came to Latitude, it seems like this particular implementation actually does a great job. Third parties had already taken the “web app” approach successfully, but it’s HTML5 (that provides cool stuff like local databases and offline functionality) that’s bringing the boys to the yard for Google’s version. Anyone rocking a webOS device or iPhone and are registered with Google Voice should hit up m.google.com/voice, and give it a shot.
[via Google Mobile Blog]
Video demo after the jump!
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
