Thread: Is there a Google Voice app that doesn't use the callback model?
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uvatbc is offline uvatbc
2010-10-21 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by zerocool2k View Post
Say, I only have internet (no sim card, no other phone around). And I want to make phone calls using Google Voice. I want to be able to use my N900 to make calls over the internet like what I can do on the computer. Is there such an app?

TIA
As everyone before me has pointed out, you need to have a SIP or skype account with a usable outgoing number.
I have two SIP accounts (gizmo5 and sipgate) and skype with a valid number.
Callback to these accounts works from three applications: "TheOneRing", "Dial Central" and "qgvdial", callout works in qgvdial.

Call out works for any voip (skype/sip) in which your callerID is set correctly and matches the information in your Google voice phone settings. Gizmo callouts have _never_ worked for me - I am guessing thats because the callerID of the gizmo account makes Google voice think that it isn't an acceptable number (or something).

Also: From random reports on the Intarwebs, I heard that Pidgin on Linux can receive incoming Google Voice calls on gtalk accounts. I have not checked this out, but if it is true, then I wonder why it wouldn't work even with Pidgin on Maemo and also the telepathy handlers in Linux and Maemo.
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qgvdial: Google Voice client. All downloads
qgvtp: Phone integration for the n900 that dials out and sends texts using qgvdial.
mosquitto: message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.
qgvnotify: Google voice and contacts notifier for diablo and maemo.

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