I made a post some time ago offering an beta invitation to any reader who would provide a review of the GrandCentral.com service. I ended up giving the invite to someone who had already wrangled an invite for themself and was already using the service. However she graciously agreed to write a review anyway. What a swell person! Here it is:
Hi! Actually someone already sent me an invite (I’ve been trying for two months to get one!), but thank you! I can tell you about my experience though. My boyfriend and I both got accounts about a week ago, and it is pretty cool.
You do get to pick your own phone number, but it’s out of a list, and I settled on one after I couldn’t find anything with the last four digits spelling something I liked. Since I can’t figure out how to clear off my cell phone’s voicemail after spending hours on it, I loved their voicemail system. You can listen in while someone is leaving a message and decide whether to pick up or not. And my mom really liked my custom message for her.
One thing I definitely didn’t like was that my boyfriend and I both use the same home phone, but only one of us can put it on our account. I asked GrandCentral about it via email and they got back to me extremely quickly, saying they would be offering it in the future, but not in the Beta stage. Since Google tends to keep there programs in Beta for years, this kind of bummed me out. I also didn’t like the lack of options for the ringback tones. They were pretty abysmal, including one extremely annoying male voice saying he was from Las Vegas.
Another cool thing is that you can record calls just by pressing 4 on your phone at any time. This actually came in really handy when a computer parts order didn’t go through right. You can also mark callers as “spam,” letting you completely ignore those pesky telemarketers. So far these have been the features I’ve used the most of; I’ll keep you updated on anything new I find out about it. –Caroline
Thanks Caroline!
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