On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Bruce Hill <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 02:38:48PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info. Actually I haven't tried any version yet. I was >> just curious about finding some app that might receive text message >> sent from a cell phone. I.e. - instead of giving my cell phone number >> which I'd rather keep private I might give a Google-Talk phone number >> and receive the messages at my desk. I think this can be done with >> Skype but you have to buy a phone number from them. It seems to me >> that Google gives theirs out for free, at least right now. >> >> I believe you are correct about the ?? versions. They aren't in portage here. >> >> Thanks again, >> Mark > > There is a service called Google Voice. You get a phone number from them and > can forward it to another phone. Also, it will send voice messages to your > Google mail account, and even translate them (not well) to text. It will also > send text messages. This was the number I put on my business cards (it's in my > sig) so that I could receive calls to my cell number w/out actually giving it > out. When someone calls 662-205-6424 it tells me I have a call from (and I > assume they're asked to give their name), press 1 to accept. If I don't want > to talk to them at that time, I don't answer, and they're routed to the voice > mail. If they leave a message, it's sent to my Google account as a sound file > and translated to text. That's the gist of it... > > When my one-year with this Android phone is up in Dec, we're getting iPhones > and also canceling all the Google accounts and services. We don't agree with > the new privacy policies they released March 1, 2012. Google was not a > favorite before then, actually. But if we didn't keep the Google account we > couldn't get updates to the Android phone. Which, by the way, is a piece of > junk (Samsung Galaxy S). Android OS is basically Googles *borrowing* from > Linux and OSS over the years, and they've done an amazingly poor job of it. > > Be that as it may ... Google Voice has been nice. If some sane and responsible > party who valued privacy and freedom as we do had a similar service, we'd be > interested. > -- > Happy Penguin Computers >') > 126 Fenco Drive ( \ > Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ > supp...@happypenguincomputers.com > 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 > http://happypenguincomputers.com/ > > Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting >
Bruce, As my interest (at this time, today only) is text message, does the Google Voice service accept text messages like a cell phone would or is it purely a voice service like a land line? Thanks, Mark
