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Following up on a push notification update last month, Google Voice’s Android app has been recently updated with the ability to toggle SMS forwarding, and now includes sender information in notifications. All of those students who have managed to wrangle a free account can get downloading the latest from
Google Voice is a U.S.-only service that allows phone calls from multiple numbers to be funneled and tracked through a single one, and provide related features like voicemail transcription and text message archive. Google Voice launched on mobile last summer after a lengthy integration with GrandCentral, which Google acquired last September.
The client is available on BlackBerry too, but tough luck if you’re on an iPhone. If it sounds like something you’d like to try out, you can learn more about Google Voice right over here, or go to m.google.com on your mobile to get downloading.
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Download Google Voice for Android (Free) [Market Link]
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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.
