Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets, potentially turning smart phones into your hub for managing voice mail, all your contacts, and making low-cost phone calls, according to reports surfacing on the Web today.
The news, which by early this morning hadn't yet officially been posted on Google's own Voice blog, could be huge for mobile phone users who will be able to take advantage of all the cool features included in the Google Voice service. It also has the potential to irk wireless carriers by turning them into essentially "dumb pipe" providers, as Om Malik points out in a blog post.
The Blackberry and Android applications were privately demonstrated yesterday by the creator of the original mobile application, which was originally called GrandCentral before being acquired in 2007 by Google, according to the GigaOM blog. The imminent release of the new applications was also reported on Google Voice's Twitter page early this morning, promising that more details about the releases would come today.
The Google Voice application for Blackberry and Android handsets will reportedly allow you to:
* Play voice mail messages from your Google Voice account
* Send and receive SMS messages, bypassing wireless carrier fees
* Read and store transcripts of voice mails
* Allow you to save money on long distance phone calls
Calls initiated from your cell phone using Google Voice are carried over your wireless carrier's network and are not VoIP calls, according to reports.
Late last month, Google began sending out a limited number of invitations for users to sign up and try Google Voice. You can still send in a request for the service.
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