That's SMS, man. I did get some SMS messages from you. Here's the info: "On Wednesday, Google introduced the ability to place phone calls to landlines and cellphones directly from Gmail. In order for the feature to work, users need to be signed into their Gmail account in a Web browser. It also requires that users download and install the voice and video browser plug-in. (This plug-in also lets users conduct video and voice chats from Gmail.) How does it work? The feature is somewhat buried in the Gmail chat client, which is to the left of most users' inboxes. There is a tiny little phone icon. Press it, and a dialer opens up in the Gmail window."
Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop." ---Mario Savio, leader, Free Speech Movement, U. of California-Berkeley On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I see "Start Voice Call" in my SMS pop-up. Tried it, but I couldn't see > it dialing out (and didn't see you answering either). > --Don Ellis > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Amy, that's what Google did yesterday - you can now call landlines & >> cell phones with Google Voice, but only through Gmail. That will >> obviously be added to GV as well. >> >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books >> >> "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." >> ---Pablo Picasso >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:16 AM, amycsj <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I am on google voice. But it's not computer to landline, it simply >> > bridges your existing phones to other phones. >> > >> > http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=115073 >> > http://www.youtube.com/googlevoice >> > >> > When I open a web browser, the phone numbers are highlighted. >> > If I click on them, the computer will offer to dial that number from >> > one of my phones (home, office, cell) that I have previously put in my >> > preferences. Then when I click it, it rings that phone, e.g. my office >> > phone, when I pick that up, it rings the number I'm dialing, the >> > google drops out of the loop, and the I pay phone charges as if I hand >> > dialed it by hand. >> > >> > If people call my google number (which is free), that is forwarded to >> > any number I specify. I can change the number, or have day calls to >> > one number and evening calls to another, etc. >> > >> > I like Skype better because it allows the computer to phone connection >> > that Google Voice doesn't have. I also use my skype number as my main >> > business number. I can pick it up on the computer or forward it to a >> > series of phones where I'm likely to be. >> > >> > Amy >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Aug 25, 8:10 pm, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I tried the previous version a couple of years ago. Click on the number >> >> and >> >> it calls your phone back to make the connection. Don't think they had >> >> direct-from-computer back then. >> >> >> >> Guess I'll have to try this version pretty soon. Sounds like something >> >> I've >> >> been wanting for years (and had variations of over the years, but never >> >> quite this). >> >> >> >> --Don Ellis >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I see that Google has released an app that lets anyone call a phone >> >> > number straight from your computer for free (at least in the US). I >> >> > downloaded the .deb file, but haven't installed it yet, because I'm >> >> > not sure how to uninstall it afterwards. >> >> >> >> > Has anyone else tried it? What do you think? >> >> >> >> > It works for Win/OSX/linux. >> >> > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
