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On my N810, Google Voice messages (unlike old GC ones) sound like they're playing at double speed -- sounds like a chipmunk, and a 32-second message plays in 12 seconds. Anyone else have this problem? Any fix?

A workaround is to save the message (in Google Voice, next to the message itself, click the More tab and select Download), and play it with Media Player, but this is clumsy. By default the saved message plays with XMMS, which gives the chipmunks. Via another machine, it appears to be a 16kbps 16000Hz mono mp3.

As others have reported, DialCentral still works (I'm using an old version), but of course Google may disable GC calls at some point. However, making calls on Voice seems to be just as good, and perfectly feasible on the tablet.

Re privacy, Google indicates that they'll store voice messages and transcripts until you delete them (obviously) and for a while afterwards, but it doesn't appear that they're storing calls. Indeed, I would think they'd run afoul of privacy laws if they did: I recall that for phone calls (but not for emails) you have a "reasonable expectation of privacy". But I'm not a lawyer and I don't know any of this for fact.