Why you want Google Voice

July 22nd 2009

Moments ago this conversation took place via SMS to my Google Voice number:

(408) 642-XXXX: My bad bt wat u doen 2:47 PM
Me: Who is this? 3:16 PM
(408) 642-XXXX: Wh0 iS dIS 3:16 PM
Me: Yes, that's what I asked. Who is this? 3:17 PM
(408) 642-XXXX: N0 N0 WH0 iS dISz 3:18 PM

Google Voice, Phones, Unlimited, and some such

July 8th 2009

Today I received my Google Voice invite. Do you remember when Gmail was invite-only? It's like that, for now. You can read about the features here. However, unlike Gmail, account owners don't have the ability to send invites of their own (yet?).

So what is so special about Google Voice?