Google Voice, the new beta service that allows users to have their voicemails transcribed and sent as emails as well as send free text messages, is now open, "priority" status, to students with valid .edu email addresses.
It has been hard to get invites to the service so far, but if you are a student, you get one within 24 hours.
Head over to google.com/voice/students and enter an ... [ read the full article ]
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wait did they just say it has been hard to get in i got in like 20 min after i registered and then i got one for my GF and she got hers the next day
then got one for my friend within a week lol
maybe it's cause i got an android phone and use Google apps alot but as for my gf idk
FYI gmail emails get in easier then yahoo or others (google service means your a google user so you being an existing user gives them more of a reason to invite you)
and sorry if it maybe doesn't make sence i'm tired as hell right now
Oh, I was just gonna say, when this was first announced in beta, I got invited to it (but it's probably because I use Gmail). It's a nice little feature I think. I mean you got Skype out there, and now I guess Google is trying to get in on that. Have an app on my iPhone and it has my Google Voice number linked to that, so it's pretty nice!
I love the stuff that Google comes out with these days.. Though still haven't figured what's so big about Wave.
