VoiceCentral "Black Swan" Brings Google Voice to iPhone Browser
Neither Google Voice nor any Google Voice-related apps snuck back into the App Store, at least not yet, but VoiceCentral aims to fill that void with its Black Swan Edition WebApp alternative. TechCrunch has the details:
The app is completely browser-based but has the look and feel of a regular app, complete with a dialer, list of transcribed voicemails, and SMS messages.
Using the WebApp calls both the number you want to reach and your Google Voice number, so you're still using voice minutes, and it can't access your iPhone contacts so you have to upload (and update) those separately. Still, the voicemail and SMS will no doubt appeal to some. It even does HTML5-style local caching.
Once again, as TechCrunch and Apple themselves point out, WebApps provide a way to develop for the iPhone outside the App Store and associated approval method (and problems).
If you have a Google Voice account and want to give VoiceCentral a try, you can apply for the beta. If you get in, let us know how it works for you!
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Just jailbreak already and get GV Mobile.
Just another useless webapp to clog the airwaves.
@Glenn_Va Far from useless. Look at the gmail web app. Far superior than the built-in mail the search actually works.
Webapps use to be crap but with more API's built in we are getting more functionality than iPhone FW 1.0 had.
I do have GV mobile for the iphone through Cydia but that one doesn't even support copy and paste. Really the apps is lack luster.
thnx for the heads up, I signed up to be a beta tester
Thanks. I signed up for beta testing also.
Google Voice for iPhone is back! Visible Voicemail version 2.0 now supports listening to Google Voice messages via a native iPod Touch or iPhone app. Only App in the App Store that supports Google Voice! http://itunes.com/apps/visiblevoicemail Website: http://www.visiblevoicemail.com
Any idea when the actual beta testing will begin? I signed up about a week ago, but haven't got any news from them.
works like a charm. It is way better than iphone phone itself as you get landscape keypad too with full functionality of the google voice. I use the international calls a lot and it shows your credit balance on the keypad which is nice.
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