I recently received my upgrade from Grand Central to Google Voice, and i must say, its stinking rad. If neither of these services are ringing a bell, then listen up. Grand Central, now

Google Voice is a free service that offers you a unified phone number that can ring multiple lines such as your office, cell, or home simultaneously. Which if you are on the go like me, then you will love Google for their latest sensation. Some of the new features are super hot like its ability to transcribe messages and have them routed to your favorite email client or even blast a text to your mobile device. The web in-box UI imitates your gmail experience,so you will be up and running in no time. As the calls come in, you can store them indefinitely which is pretty cool and they are completely searchable. If you decide you want to call someone back, you can do so from right inside the web interface. Simply click a button and Google Voice automates the rest based on your preferences.

Google Voice also has some other nifty features like “Listen-In” which allows you to screen the call prior to accepting. Some of the other big ones are: Custom greetings, call blocking, call me widget, and mobile access. While not confirmed, rumor has it they are looking at adding the ability to port numbers in the near future. Google Voice is not yet open to the public,however i would highly recommend heading over to the site and get your name on the waiting list. It will be worth the wait. I promise!