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Google Voice, the successor, to Grand Central. I’ve been using it for a while and have been very pleased with it. The most important feature for me is voicemail transcription:
Since I get the transcribed voicemail in my email, I generally don’t have to listen the the voicemail itself- the transcription is good enough for me to figure out how important the call is. I haven’t actually listened to a voicemail in months.
Additionally, I find it useful to be able to SMS from the web interface. I’ve had times where I’ve been at a computer (surprise!) when receiving a text message. Instead of typing out the reply on my phone, I just open up Google Voice and type it with a real keyboard. For non-trivial conversations, it can make a big difference.
Lifehacker has a good screenshot tour, if you’d like to learn more.
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That does sound pretty nice. The voicemail interface on the iPhone makes listening to voicemail pretty easy. I guess not having to listen to it at all is the next logical step, though.
Yeah, for people with iphones, it’s not as big a deal overall, but the majority of cell users are still using ridiculously difficult voicemail interfaces.
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