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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #40 on: August 29, 2010, 01:56:22 AM »
Cool. At least I can make outgoing now.
Thanks for the tip!
oh right. dint think of that i'll try it out.

If you are outside the US, you will likely want to see this before you screw things up: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/dont-click-this-button-in-google-voice.html
im still not getting the "call phone" option in my inbox even though my default language is set to english. (im in IL)

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #41 on: August 29, 2010, 07:07:55 AM »
Cool. At least I can make outgoing now.
Thanks for the tip!
yup it  works.
now lets work on incoming. is  anyone else having this issue with having to press 1 to accept even with the option turned off?
there's gotta be some sort of desktop keypad available for download so that you can press 1 to accept when it rings in your inbox. (im talking about out of the US)

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #42 on: August 29, 2010, 07:11:52 AM »
I wonder if you use your system sounds as a mic (sound card dependent) and play the sound of a 1 being pressed if that would work
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #43 on: August 29, 2010, 08:20:27 AM »
i can't say i fully understand exactly what you mean but i doubt it would work

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #44 on: August 29, 2010, 12:53:43 PM »
None of you guys in Israel have Gizmo5?
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #45 on: August 29, 2010, 01:00:45 PM »
Nope. Only found out about it after they closed registration. Hopefully it will open soon.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #46 on: August 29, 2010, 01:24:15 PM »
You could try whistle (I downloaded it but never tried it because I realized that I already had gizmo5 but never set it up).

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #47 on: August 29, 2010, 02:50:24 PM »
None of you guys in Israel have Gizmo5?
nope. woke up too late

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #48 on: August 29, 2010, 03:53:56 PM »
Have you guys tried using US proxies?
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #49 on: August 30, 2010, 02:35:55 AM »
Have you guys tried using US proxies?
no. but i did do a test by logging in to my family computer back in the US using logmein. I then logged into my gmail remotely - and the call phone option does come up. I'm assuming that using a US proxy would have the same results.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #50 on: August 30, 2010, 10:56:36 AM »
I've logged in to accounts from israel and was able to enable google voice

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #51 on: August 30, 2010, 05:39:17 PM »
I've logged in to accounts from israel and was able to enable google voice

using proxy?

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #52 on: August 30, 2010, 06:50:10 PM »
sorry for not being clear I actually logged in from the US.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #53 on: August 30, 2010, 07:52:01 PM »
I've logged in to accounts from israel and was able to enable google voice
sorry for not being clear I actually logged in from the US.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #54 on: August 31, 2010, 03:09:38 AM »
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whats the confusion (or indecisiveness)? in my situation both statements make perfect sense  :) logmein....

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #55 on: August 31, 2010, 06:17:04 AM »
That wouldn't be logging in from israel
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #56 on: August 31, 2010, 11:13:29 AM »
The account was from Israel the login in the US to get the person a GV number.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #57 on: September 06, 2010, 11:40:19 AM »
It seems from Google's wording "Make free calls to the US and Canada in 2010" that they may start charging for this soon, perhaps as soon as 2011.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #58 on: September 06, 2010, 01:14:54 PM »
It seems from Google's wording "Make free calls to the US and Canada in 2010" that they may start charging for this soon, perhaps as soon as 2011.
In a blog post announcing the feature, Google would only commit to offering free calls in the U.S. and Canada through the end of the year. Google's Craig Walker, product manager for real-time communications, said the company had no plans to raise rates beyond 2010, but it is still waiting to see if it will make enough margin on international calls to justify the free cost of U.S. and Canada calls. It will cost a little more to call mobile phones in countries outside the U.S., depending on the country."
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=035364aee546f8ed&hl=en

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #59 on: September 06, 2010, 03:28:28 PM »
is this a good way to call israeli cell fones? 10 cents a min

any better ways?