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How I Learned To Quit The iPhone & Love Google Voice (techcrunch.com)
25 points by paul9290 on Aug 9, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


I got google voice about a week ago.

The only feature that I cared about on the iPhone was visual voice mail. Google voice is many, many, many, many, MANY times better than visual voicemail.

I will not be getting an iPhone now, thanks Google!


no carrier will ever have a stranglehold on me again.

except google, apparently.


and T-Mobile?


In fairness, Android should start appearing on other carriers Any Day Now.


Say what you will, but T-Mobile has been an outstanding company - I've used them for 5+ years and I can't tell you the discounts, offers, late fees, other misc things they've taken care of. You get a sense they really value their customers, and especially value a long patronage with them.

I will be sticking with T-Mobile, as they just feel less evil than other cell phone companies.

In fact, even if I really wanted an iphone, I refuse to go at&t, I pay $50 less for unlimited nationwide calling, have 3G and a G1, close enough.


Is there a way to have a wifi phone yet?


You could install sip droid on an unlocked android like the adp1 (or install unknown sources on a carrier phone) or go with any number of sip clients for pdas. Then you still need to provision a line for the other end of the sip connection, but you'll have a pda that can make calls.


Yeah, go to fry's and buy one.


Looks like TechCrunch switched to reruns. I hope All in the Family comes on next. That Archie Bunker is so fresh.


didnt know number portability was available yet...


I think porting to a number is only available to well connected web-celebrities right now. Supposedly it's coming in the fall to us plebeians.


Flagged. I've had enough of cheap tabloids on HN.


Arrington, you ignorant slut!




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