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Google Voice takes over the iPhone.

FINALLY!  That’s all I have to say.  As an iPhone AND Google enthusiast, I have to say it’s about time I can have them together.  Ever since I heard about Google Voice, I jumped onto the bandwagon.  In fact I have 2 phone lines – one for my business, Adams Innovative, and one for my non-profit, Cancer Fighting Princess.

If you haven’t explored Google Voice, it’s a free service by Google that gives you a phone number that kind of acts like a “hub” for all your other phone numbers.  When someone calls your Google number, it can ring all your phones or a pre-programmed selection.  It’s great if you want to separate business and personal life, but still use the cell phone you have in your pocket.  As an added bonus, it allows you to screen your calls, use visual voicemail, access your voicemails online, through dial in, or via email and it transcribes your messages to text messages.

For me, it works well with my AT&T A-List too, all my incoming calls use my Google Voice number for caller id.  Having put my Google Voice number on my A-List, all my incoming calls are free.  I’m pretty sure I have more roll-over minutes than anyone else.

Now, there was a problem.  AT&T and Apple (I blame AT&T, the whiny self-centered communists) blacklisted any Google Voice apps.  This forced some true innovation and the use of a brand new authoring system: HTML5, the latest installment of the backbone of the internet, the HyperText Markup Language.  Google has it’s own direct app using HTML5, you simply navigate to a website and the entire Google Voice App is run directly through the Safari browser.  But the newest thing, at least it’s new to me, is the Voice Central Black Swan app from Riverturn.  This app actually installs to your iPhone directly through the browser, it’s clean and slick.

The Black Swan app is exactly what any Google Voice user could have ever imagined.  It’s interface not only looks just like the iPhone’s but it also interacts directly with the iPhone’s contact list.  You can make all of your phone calls directly from within the app and never miss a beat.  Save money and take control of your contacts today with Google Voice.

If you have more information about how the Black Swan app installs on your iPhone, please share.

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