{"id":2438,"date":"2009-12-24T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2009-12-24T22:06:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T06:06:55","slug":"google-voice-is-coming-back-to-the-iphone-via-the-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/google-voice-is-coming-back-to-the-iphone-via-the-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Voice is coming back to the iphone via the browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/logo_blackswan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2439\" title=\"logo_blackswan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/logo_blackswan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/logo_blackswan.png 118w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/logo_blackswan-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>Heck, I did not even know this could be done.\u00a0 I have not tried it since its still in invite Alpha only, but based on what i&#8217;ve read on TechCrunch, that seems to be the case. Its called the <a href=\"http:\/\/voicecentral.riverturn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Swan Edition<\/a>.\u00a0 Features listed are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Native iPhone look and feel.<\/li>\n<li>Syncro of Google Voice\u2122 data.<\/li>\n<li>Automatic updates.<\/li>\n<li>Voice data is available offline<\/li>\n<li>You can listen to voice mail as well as read transcriptions<\/li>\n<li>Erase voicemails, calls, or SMS messages.<\/li>\n<li>Import your contacts from google.<\/li>\n<li>Make a call using google voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And its this last point I&#8217;m not sure on. How can you have a conversation from a web based app?\u00a0 I did not know the browser could get access to the microphone and speakers in a sufficient manner to support VoIP. (it cannot access the ear piece).\u00a0 I cant wait to hear reports on how this works.\u00a0 Now the funny thing is Google voice was rejected for mimicking Apple&#8217;s functionality. So now what?\u00a0 Does AT&amp;T ignore it?\u00a0 Most likely yes.\u00a0 After the FCC investigation, I doubt they are going to put up much of a fight.\u00a0 But still, this is through the browser, I have to imagine some functionality is going to be compromised.\u00a0 This should be good. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>See the promo video<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 60px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Native iPhone\u00ae look and feel.<\/li>\n<li>Sync your Google Voice\u2122 data.<\/li>\n<li>Automatic and immediate updates.<\/li>\n<li>Offline access to Google Voice\u2122 data.<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Listen to Google Voice\u2122 messages and read transcriptions.<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Swipe to delete calls, voicemails, or SMS conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Google Contacts import.<\/li>\n<li>Call using Google Voice\u2122 or iPhone\u00ae.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/A511wthg7-w&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why MS Cortana is a minor threat to Apple&#8217;s Siri, for now.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/why-ms-cortana-is-a-minor-threat-to-apples-siri-for-now\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why MS Cortana is a minor threat to Apple&#8217;s Siri, for now.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Record a conversation on skype or other VoIP application\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/record-a-conversation-on-skype-or-other-voip-application\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Record a conversation on skype or other VoIP application<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The top 10 or 20 apps you need to get for your new ipad 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/the-top-10-or-20-ipad-apps-you-need-to-get-for-your-new-ipad-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The top 10 or 20 apps you need to get for your new ipad 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Yet another scam to watch out for.  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Syncro of Google Voice\u2122 data.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/google-voice-is-coming-back-to-the-iphone-via-the-browser\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,3],"tags":[201,188],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-review","category-iphone","tag-google-voice","tag-voip"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjzQD-Dk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}