Comments on: Android Tip: Set your Google Voice app notifications to manual and still get near instant notifications for SMS and voicemail messages

By: Wendi

Wendi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:08:20 +0000

I'm frustrated over something I am so sure there 8is an easy fix to, although I feel I have read all forums.
I have a Motorolla Droid per Verizon
I strictly use Google Voice.

When someone send me a sms or text from their phon, it goes 3 places;
1 Email (good, have it set to do so)
2 Google Voice (that's why I installed it)
3, Verizon's Messaging system (bad)

I need help to stop the multiple alerts going off but importantly suppressing Androids messaging capabilities.

If you send a google number test, of a computerized sms == rings in 2 places; google voice and my carriers meenger service

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:12:14 +0000

I am a new user of this phone and have traditionally used Outlook to organize my corportate emails, calender, to do lists and tasks. It seems as thought there are a lot of apps out there. Can anyone get me started with some suggestions to stay organized using the new apps for calender, task, to do lists etc?

By: christine

christine — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:09:33 +0000

I would like an invite if the offer's still open. I am a new user and trying to get the most out of this device.

By: jay armstrong

jay armstrong — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:11 +0000

I think this is the way to go, for now. GV needs to better integrate the SMS with the phone. Right now, using their basic SMS client is tiresome, it crashes a lot, and sends duplicate texts all the time. Overall, it's annoying but we are on the bleeding edge of mobile voip & unified communications.

Pros:

+ uses standard SMS clients

+ instant notification

+ not cluttered up in an email message

+ can SMS from the PC

Cons:

- still costs to send texts

- contacts and contact auto-complete boxes are now littered with 406 numbers along with their reg numbers

- takes ~20 seconds per person to add the GV number

- with or without adding the 406 numbers to your contacts, each text message displays the contact's name before the actual message text, for each message.

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By: Noah

Noah — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:18:26 +0000

I like your tip, but get way too much email to sift through it for sms and voicemail. I've done something similar. I've downloaded Handcent SMS (awesome and free) and configured GV to forward the SMS to my cell, and shut off notifications in GV. So, GV only functions to dial calls, and if I've never SMS'd someone before, I'll send it from GV to get GV's number for that person, and save it to their contact profile (usually a 406 area code).

All told, I get all the features of Handcent + Google Voice + instant notifications. I can still reply and send SMS from my computer using GV.com or the Adobe Air GVoice app. This is also handy if you receive SMS on both GV and your cell number. You get one inbox to check, one app, one set of settings, etc.

By: shademar

shademar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:23:26 +0000

I've been hoping for one too (just got the droid and am loving all of the other google goodness.) My email is my username at gmail if anyone has an invite they'd like to toss my way.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:50:28 +0000

Anyone have an invite so I can try GV out? If you don't it'd be greatly appreciated. My email is lsscofield (at) gmail dot com

By: moe

moe — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:48 +0000

morton.shenker at gmail dot com

If I'm not too late. Thank you

By: @__Selleck

@__Selleck — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:45 +0000

@Robinson,

What's your email address? For a GVoice invite.