First Impressions. After you guys tallked me into it, I just received the device today. They won't even charge my card for 30 days, assuming I don't return it first. Following the prompts, I received a working phone number within a few minutes. Well, by the time I plugged in the house phone and called the wife's cell anyway.
My very first impression is Real Player on steroids. Virtually no Help, and a big-ass application (magicjack.exe) that runs IN YOUR FACE. You can minimize it, but as soon as someone calls it pops to the front, flashing ads in your face. The only ads seem to be their own. No live Help numbers. Not even a Help menu in the desktop app! I still have no idea how to migrate my old VOIP number, and found myself having to do a (fruitless) Google search. There's a "first time free" number change, but I haven't pressed it yet because I don't know if a failed attempt will run up the counter. I mean, until I disconnect from Vonage, how can they use my Vonage-assigned phone number? One of the ads they're flashing is an offer for 5 years of service for $60 (or thereabouts, it's gone now). I just don't see how something like this won't completely destroy the whole industry pricing schemes. I mean, even Vonage is trying to charge $15-$25 a month now. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
