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