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If I tell you that you can screen your calls, find out why they’re calling, record calls on the fly and play them back later online, and even send phone numbers to several lines at once… would you be interested? Of course you would! What if I also tell you this service is completely FREE?
GrandCentral is a free service that was recently aquired by Google. In addition to the features I listed above, here are a few other things you can do with this service:
- Block unwanted callers
- Have one number that rings to all your phones, or even different phones based on who is calling
- Receive voicemail notifications by text message or email
- Personalized/different voice mail greetings based on person(s) or groups
- a WebCall button that allows people to call you from a Web page without showing your actual phone number
- Click to Call, which allows you to call from your address book and save you from typing out numbers
Why wouldn’t you want this? From a personal standpoint, this is simply amazing. From a business standpoint, there are a few features I would miss. I’ve been using the subscription service from Vonage since the late 1990’s. It allows me to have one toll free number that rings to all my phones, and I can receive faxes and voice mails directly into my Email when someone sends them to my phone. Those two features alone are worth my staying with Vonage. But as I said, if I didn’t have the business to worry about, I’d definitely be using GrandCentral.
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November 14th, 2007
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Chris PirilloFree Communication Tools – GrandCentralIf I tell you that you can screen your calls, find out why they’re calling, record calls on the fly and play them back later online, and even send phone numbers to several lines at once… would you be interested? Of course you would! What if I
Swize01
November 13th, 2007
at 5:57am
n1 chris
evilgnius
November 13th, 2007
at 5:58am
mmmmm……… iphone’s
bettazrkool
November 13th, 2007
at 5:58am
nice
11spiderpig11
November 13th, 2007
at 6:04am
the only thing i would really do with that is record a call
tristameagle
November 13th, 2007
at 6:04am
whats this for now? like calling ppl online?
H1P2S
November 13th, 2007
at 7:26am
Sounds deadly ( that means great) will look into this for sure after i upgrade to Leopard in the next few days. Thanks for this info. love your videos, we need someone we can trust like Chris. You know, people tell you stuff all the time, but chris you believe 100%. We need him for sure.
letsgetsomeshoes1239
November 13th, 2007
at 8:06am
you own chris
Juicetin19
November 13th, 2007
at 2:06pm
Sucks it’s not available for Canada :(.
allu222
November 13th, 2007
at 9:52pm
Chris owns the computer world!! Lol.
westhere1993
November 14th, 2007
at 1:33am
hay u can do most of that on the sony ericsson we50i
Scott Kindorf (ScottK)
November 14th, 2007
at 4:13am
This service looks like a winner, Chris! I’ve been looking for something along these lines for some time now – it will definitely make managing a far-flung organization much easier.
Now, if they’ll only open up the beta again….
–Scott
neicedogs19
November 15th, 2007
at 6:34am
it says that you need to wait until the service opens up to more people. :(
Lori
November 16th, 2007
at 10:01pm
I’ve been using Grand Central for several months. It’s a great tool even if you don’t have a business. I like being able to give out my Grand Central number (especially on applications, surveys, etc.) instead of my regular home number. The few solicitation calls I have gotten, I’ve been able to go into my Grand Central account and mark as spam. Now when they call, my phone never rings and they do not have the option to leave a message.
This could also be a wonderful tool for anyone that doesn’t have caller id or for someone that is visually impaired since callers must verbally identify themselves before you accept the call.
ScottK: I’ll be glad to send you an invite.