(VOICETALK.ORG) — Use of Google Voice in many respects, has been impractical for many.  For your contacts to see your Google Voice number on their caller ID instead of your real phone number that you’re trying to hide,  you would either need to call your Google Voice number, hit option #2 to make an outgoing call, then hope you can remember your contact’s phone number.  The alternative is to make the call from a computer after logging into your Google Voice account.

For users of the Apple iPhone, GV Mobile solves dial-out problems allowing you to have your full iPhone contact list at your disposal for dialing as if you were at your computer.  GV Mobile was previously available at the iTunes Apps Store for $3 with a free version for outbound calls but is now available on Cydia for jailbroken iPhones.

Configuration is simple.  On the opening screen, just put in your username and password.  I had to do some troubleshoting for the Dial-Out phone number field.  Apparently, this is the phone number of the phone you are intending on using, not your Google Voice number which I typed in originally.  Overall, it’s a great application and a must-have for Google Voice users with an iPhone.

Pros:

• Dial, SMS, and retrieve Voicemail from GV Mobile
• Uses your iPhone Contacts

Cons:

• No push notification.  No biggie for me, since I have my Google Voice setup to send me SMS messages when I receive a voicemail. But it would help since you wouldn’t need an SMS plan from your phone provider.  Future development is highly unlikely now that GV Mobile has been removed from the App store.
• Slow on 3G (though quick on WIFI) – it can take up to a minute sometimes from the time you click the GV Mobile icon to login, then find your contact, then to the time the switchboard calls you back on your mobile phone.  While this is all dependent on your Internet connection speed, there should at least be a message that tells you “Calling…”
• No offline support for Voicemail or SMS.  As with most Internet applications, GV Mobile needs internet access so when encountering dead zones, GV Mobile will not open due to the inability to log in.  For voicemail or to make a call, you can call your Google Voice number and hit the appropriate option.
• No Support for Horizontal Keyboard, Voice Dailing, Copy and Paste, or Magnifying Glass.

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