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Notifo (YC W10) adds Google Voice SMS notifications

43 points by jazzychad 17y ago

johnrob 17y ago
Wouldn't this cause me to get 2 alerts instead of 1 (notifo alert followed by SMS alert)?
- jazzychad 17y ago
  GV currently doesn't send actual SMS to your phone when you receive a GVSMS. And, since part of the point of GV is to be a free SMS service, they don't want to defeat the purpose for their user by sending them a real one. They do, however, offer the option of SMS for voicemails. EDIT: Ah, yes. Thanks to jackowayed I see that they do offer actual SMS. Well, the main advantage here is that it keeps it free. I also don't have an unlimited SMS plan, and several people were asking for this feature on Notifo (including myself), so here it is!
  - jackowayed 17y ago
    Yes they do. http://pic.danieljackoway.com/04_18_2010_16:16:07.png http://pic.danieljackoway.com/04_18_2010_16:16:07.png Just check that box. But I still really like this--to the extent that I was working on writing the exact same thing before he released this--because I only have 200 SMS/month on my plan, and I don't want to pay the exorbitant fees to get unlimited.
niravs 17y ago
Services on top of Prowl have been doing this in the exact same manner for quite some time. Glad to see a service like Notifo supporting this though. It has a somewhat nicer interface than the Prowl app.
peregrine 17y ago
This is specifically for the iphone. The Android Google Voice app supports direct push... Anyways nice work!
peregrine 17y ago
This is specifically for the iphone. The Android Google Voice app supports direct push... Anyways nice work!
- jazzychad 17y ago
  yes, iPhone for now.. working on other platforms. But, as you point out, GV is already integrated with Android platforms.
niravs 17y ago
What about voicemail transcriptions? These are sent by a slightly different address.
- jazzychad 17y ago
  yes, working on adding support for voicemail alerts and transcriptions as well. coming soon! watch the blog for updates :)
maxklein 17y ago
Well, this is totally not relevant to non-U.S users, but great to see notifo progressing. This is one app I genuinely like. You know what's missing? Google wave and email notifications.
- jazzychad 17y ago
  how so? i have several international friends that have GV accounts to get a US number. one was actually a beta tester of this feature. maybe i am misunderstanding you?
  - maxklein 17y ago
    GV does not work internationally, does it? When I log in, I get redirected to a FAQ page with "Coming Soon".
    - jazzychad 17y ago
      Hmm, not sure how they got their accounts setup. I'll ask around and ping you if you like. Anyone here know?
      - gms 17y ago
        Perhaps they logged in through a proxy?
paul9290 17y ago
Nice, but I wonder how this is different from forwarding all your Google Voice SMS & Voicemails to your gmail and then using Boxcar iPhone app to receive pop up notifications of new emails? Sounds interesting and potentially better then the set up I have now on my iPhone?
- jazzychad 17y ago
  There are a few differences, but the main one is that this feature is specifically for GV SMS, so when you open the notification you can go straight to the conversation on the Google Voice site in Safari, whereas (as far as I can tell) Boxcar gives just the subject and body of the email when you forward all your email to it.
  - paul9290 17y ago
    Cool. Yeah Boxcar does not take you to your Google Voice page. Rather it's pop ups display sender & message for SMS(s) though not for GV Voicemail. To read the transcription or listen to the voicemail I have to open the iPhone mail app and read it within the new mail received. Maybe you can add the transcription within the popup? Would save me step in having to go into my mail client.
sandis 17y ago
Notifo logotype reminded me of my old, stalled notification project - http://nodehub.com/ http://nodehub.com/ (not saying anything, they are pretty generic after all)

43 points by jazzychad 17y ago

johnrob 17y ago

Wouldn't this cause me to get 2 alerts instead of 1 (notifo alert followed by SMS alert)?

jazzychad 17y ago
GV currently doesn't send actual SMS to your phone when you receive a GVSMS. And, since part of the point of GV is to be a free SMS service, they don't want to defeat the purpose for their user by sending them a real one. They do, however, offer the option of SMS for voicemails. EDIT: Ah, yes. Thanks to jackowayed I see that they do offer actual SMS. Well, the main advantage here is that it keeps it free. I also don't have an unlimited SMS plan, and several people were asking for this feature on Notifo (including myself), so here it is!
- jackowayed 17y ago
  Yes they do. http://pic.danieljackoway.com/04_18_2010_16:16:07.png http://pic.danieljackoway.com/04_18_2010_16:16:07.png Just check that box. But I still really like this--to the extent that I was working on writing the exact same thing before he released this--because I only have 200 SMS/month on my plan, and I don't want to pay the exorbitant fees to get unlimited.

niravs 17y ago

Services on top of Prowl have been doing this in the exact same manner for quite some time. Glad to see a service like Notifo supporting this though. It has a somewhat nicer interface than the Prowl app.

peregrine 17y ago

This is specifically for the iphone. The Android Google Voice app supports direct push... Anyways nice work!

peregrine 17y ago

This is specifically for the iphone. The Android Google Voice app supports direct push... Anyways nice work!

jazzychad 17y ago
yes, iPhone for now.. working on other platforms. But, as you point out, GV is already integrated with Android platforms.

niravs 17y ago

What about voicemail transcriptions? These are sent by a slightly different address.

jazzychad 17y ago
yes, working on adding support for voicemail alerts and transcriptions as well. coming soon! watch the blog for updates :)

maxklein 17y ago

Well, this is totally not relevant to non-U.S users, but great to see notifo progressing. This is one app I genuinely like. You know what's missing? Google wave and email notifications.

jazzychad 17y ago
how so? i have several international friends that have GV accounts to get a US number. one was actually a beta tester of this feature. maybe i am misunderstanding you?
- maxklein 17y ago
  GV does not work internationally, does it? When I log in, I get redirected to a FAQ page with "Coming Soon".
  - jazzychad 17y ago
    Hmm, not sure how they got their accounts setup. I'll ask around and ping you if you like. Anyone here know?
    - gms 17y ago
      Perhaps they logged in through a proxy?

paul9290 17y ago

Nice, but I wonder how this is different from forwarding all your Google Voice SMS & Voicemails to your gmail and then using Boxcar iPhone app to receive pop up notifications of new emails? Sounds interesting and potentially better then the set up I have now on my iPhone?

jazzychad 17y ago
There are a few differences, but the main one is that this feature is specifically for GV SMS, so when you open the notification you can go straight to the conversation on the Google Voice site in Safari, whereas (as far as I can tell) Boxcar gives just the subject and body of the email when you forward all your email to it.
- paul9290 17y ago
  Cool. Yeah Boxcar does not take you to your Google Voice page. Rather it's pop ups display sender & message for SMS(s) though not for GV Voicemail. To read the transcription or listen to the voicemail I have to open the iPhone mail app and read it within the new mail received. Maybe you can add the transcription within the popup? Would save me step in having to go into my mail client.

sandis 17y ago

Notifo logotype reminded me of my old, stalled notification project - http://nodehub.com/ http://nodehub.com/ (not saying anything, they are pretty generic after all)