CallWave mobile (cool free service for your cell phone)

[meckhert]

I've been using this for about a week now and I love it. The service lets you screen your cell phone calls the same way you would with an answering machine. I also lets you live transfer calls to a landline, and have your voicemail sent digitially to your email address. I haven't had any trouble with it so far, and it was really easy to get setup.

http://www.callwave.com/landing/cfc2Offer.asp

P.S. I've been a lurker here forever (probably 8 years?!?) and this is my first deal. I hope some of you find it as cool as I do.

 

[TerryMathews]

Man, you didn't even try to hide the referrer link. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

http://www.callwave.com/landing/cfc2Offer.asp

fixed

 

[meckhert]

Whoops... I just cut and pasted it from their website. I didn't realize it was a referrer link.

 

[snedman]

Says Sprint and Nextel not supported at this time...

 

[echow87]

how good is this service, seems interesting

 

[meckhert]

So far it's been easy to use for me. When you are live screening a call, as someone is leaving a voicemail, you can pick up and talk to them by pressing a button. It's pretty much the same thing for the call transfer feature.

 

[knightc2]

Hmmm. Looks interesting. Might check this out. Thanks OP.

 

[new2AMD]

im looking for feedback from some members who have been around for a while. SOunds like a cool thing but I am a bit skeptical to add anything to my BB.

 

[NoToRiOuS1]

sounds nice but i'd like to hear some feedback from anyone who has used this service

 

[meckhert]

For those of you that may be skeptical, you might want to take a look at the demo... It will give you an idea of how the service works before you sign up.

Demo

 

[mugzy]

Found the fine print:

CallWave's FREE service allows callers to leave 1 minute messages, and limits connected calls (the ones you connect after screening) to 20 minutes. This should be sufficient for most users.

However, if you are a power user, and want longer message lengths (3 minutes) and no limits for connected calls, click the "Try It Now!" button below.

 

[meckhert]

Originally posted by: mugzy
Found the fine print:

CallWave's FREE service allows callers to leave 1 minute messages, and limits connected calls (the ones you connect after screening) to 20 minutes. This should be sufficient for most users.

However, if you are a power user, and want longer message lengths (3 minutes) and no limits for connected calls, click the "Try It Now!" button below.

That's a good point. My take is different since personally I hate it when people drone on my voicemail, so limiting it to 1 minute may actually be a good thing, and very few of my calls go over 20 minutes (especially if it is someone I have to screen). So far it hasn't been a problem for me, but I'll let you know if it becomes a problem.

 

[benlewis]

And if you have Sprint or Altell, and want to add special features to aid in getting a deal. I tried it, it works. I have Sprint, and understand Altell and some other company offers a free 'most often called' number.

This is from Nerdvittles

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This HACK works and I want to share it with everyone

Sprints commercials talk about sticking it to the man, well guess who
this sticks

You can get UNLIMITED Sprint in and out minutes by doing the following:

Step 1 Go to www.****** and sign up for the USA/Canada plan @
$19.99 or the UNLIMITED Min. GLOBAL plan @ $24.99 or the per min plan @
2.4 cents

Step #2 Sign up for the cheapest Sprint phone program, which is the Fair
and Flexible at $29.99, then add the new Sprint to Home program for $5.00
a month.

Step #3 When you tell the Sprint agent your ?HOME? number give them your
new Voicestick home number
(Here is the trick. With Sprint to Home all calls to or from this "Home"
number are not
chargeable and they are unlimited!)

Step #4 In your account set up at ****** go to the bridge set up
and put in your cell number and then go to call forwarding and set up
your cell phone number there too.

****** is the ONLY Cellular capable voip company that has a built
in bridge, that I have found.What the bridge does is allow you to get a
new dial tone to call out on UNLIMITED VOIP (or a pay as you go plan for
2 cents a min.) When I call my new "home" Voicestick number the VOIP
company sees my caller ID and gives me a dial out tone. I then dial like
normal. (You can even program voice stick into the address book of the
phone)My person I call sees the voip number on their caller id and when
they call back to my new "home" number it forwards to my cell.

So both out going and incoming calls are now free of Sprint charges.

Options: I also bought for $30 the MG3 line adapter so I also get a
second line at my home that the kids now use.
I also downloaded the free Soft Phone so I use that too when I can't find
a good cell signal but I find a network or wireless connection (I am now
covered just about anywhere)

To sum it all up! For my $35 basic Sprint plan and the $20 for voip, I
have unlimited cell and a unlimited home phone.

 

[meckhert]

benlewis' reply has absoltuely nothing to do with this deal...

 

[zikronix]

this looks a little weird

 

[geekMD]

definitely worth a try....I have a program on my ppc which does exactly this but my wife's no frills cell phone is the perfect guinea pig for this....will report back with results...

 

[cerebusPu]

Originally posted by: geekMD
definitely worth a try....I have a program on my ppc which does exactly this but my wife's no frills cell phone is the perfect guinea pig for this....will report back with results...

what program do you use to do call screening on the ppc? i have a tmobile mda running windows mobile 5.