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Well, now we can relive those golden days, as Google is about to begin giving out invites to Google Voice users. Google Voice is a free service that lets you link all of your phone numbers to one number that you can give out. When someone calls that number, all of your phones will ring (or you can configure it to ring only certain phones at certain times), and if you miss a call you'll be able to check your voicemail from the web or get an automated transcript in your email.
Google Voice has been in private beta for a while now, and the only way to get in on the action was to request an invitation from the signup page and wait. Of course, users could send out invitiations to one another in the early days, back when the service was called GrandCentral and run as a separate company. But since Google purchased GrandCentral, invites have been hard to come by.
Google is rolling out the invite feature gradually. It's not in my account yet. But the company says that over the next few weeks existing users should notice a new "Invite a friend" link on the left-hand side of their inboxes.
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Subscribe to commentsAdrianoOct 13th 2009 3:34PM
It seems you only get 3.
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Money MikeOct 13th 2009 4:34PM
I'm a little surprised this hasn't been asked yet, but any chance of you sharing one of your invites with me when you do get them? No, I won't be offended if not, but I figured it can't hurt to ask.
Brad LinderOct 13th 2009 4:36PM
I don't have any yet. But it looks like Adriano has 3...
ChrisOct 14th 2009 7:12AM
I'll give you (or anyone else) an invite as long as you agree to send me back two :) (once you have the account set up).
Send me an email at tggecko[at]gmail.com if you're interested.
ChrisOct 14th 2009 7:12AM
Update:
Well, unfortunately, the new accounts are not getting the option to send invites yet so I'll have to put this on hold. You can still send me an email if you'd like me to add you to the "waiting list" ^^. My invites are used up, though.
Sorry,
Chris
AdrianoOct 14th 2009 9:45AM
I have one extra I can share.
Money MikeOct 14th 2009 11:45AM
That's ok, Chris.
Adriano, if you would like to share one with me, that would be awesome. I'll be honest, though, and tell you that I don't think I have anything to give in return. Feel free to ask me if you happen to be looking for something specifically.
I'm a little wary about giving out my main email address, so here's one of my other addresses: mike{at}mikestyle[dot]com (I know that won't completely stop spam, but I really don't care about that address getting hit anymore).
Money MikeOct 14th 2009 11:46AM
That's ok, Chris.
Adriano, if you would like to share one with me, that would be awesome. I'll be honest, though, and tell you that I don't think I have anything to give in return. Feel free to ask me if you happen to be looking for something specifically.
I'm a little wary about giving out my main email address, so here's one of my other addresses: mike{at}mikestyle[dot]com (I know that won't completely stop spam, but I really don't care about that address getting hit anymore).
AdrianoOct 14th 2009 12:38PM
All I ask is if you get invited to Google Wave before me, I get an invitation. ;)
Enjoy.
njmikeOct 14th 2009 1:09PM
Absolutely. I can't imagine getting an invite but I will definitely send you one if I get one first. It's a deal!
Money MikeOct 14th 2009 1:09PM
Absolutely. I can't imagine getting an invite but I will definitely send you one if I get one first. It's a deal!
Money MikeOct 23rd 2009 11:03AM
I don't know if you'll see this, Adriano, but if so, could you send that invite again? I just went in yesterday and noticed that somehow all my mail to that address from the last 2 months is missing.
ToddOct 13th 2009 4:50PM
Enabling viral invites ( ala Gmail 2005 ), Android available to 80,000,000 Verizon people ...AND the promise of number portability?!
omfg this is going to be fun!
DylanOct 14th 2009 7:12AM
I'll send you two Chris if you invite me. boxioless {at} gmail {dot} com
ChrisOct 14th 2009 7:12AM
Taken care of :)
ROct 14th 2009 7:12AM
Has Google stopped handing out invites? A couple months ago, I requested an invite directly from the Google Voice page, and I got one a few days later.
pad021Oct 14th 2009 9:53AM
I've got 3. Now the hard part. Which of my friends do I invite?