Sean Kovacs

hurry!

actually, the current release is working great. i’m just bored.

Sean, I knew it . I’m now very excited waiting for this release. I will have a big smile on my face if I see “Offline Dialing”, and everything else will be icing on the cake baby. Go on with your bad self man.

push push push push push….. + offline dialing easily will be the most used app on my phone. Great job I have told all my friends about it when they get their GV invites they will be buying this app!

Hey yo Sean!
Will we be able to see message transcript from the new version?
Will you “push” goodies to us too?

Google has already released an app for the Android and Blackberry and it looks like they are already done with the iPhone app…just waiting on Apple to approve…check out this link
http://www.google.com/mobile/products/voice.html#p=apple

I’m sure it wont be able to hold up to the new stuff that is coming in the update to GV Mobile however =)

Luckily Google will release an official app soon, so Sean won’t be able to be quite such a smug asshole.

@cupcake
What you’re doing is not cool at all man; just think about it. We are all supposed to be respectful to others, and conduct ourselves as professionals.

Do you know what it takes to develop an application (for a mobile device)? GV Mobile is a great app, and has been well received in the iPhone community. Google is coming out with their own app is great news, but don’t you think for a sec GV Mobile is out.

I think both apps will basically do the same thing, but they will have their differences. You’ll still find people buying GV Mobile for one major feature they must have that Google will not implement; that’s competition for you.

It’s simply very sad to see how inconsiderate people can be. My advice to you is to be a man (or woman), retract your silly comment and apologize to Sean. I guarantee you’ll feel better afterwards. How would you feel if you were in Sean’s position.

I know about push SEAN . .

for other Push isnt possible unless he has access to our information and he would need huge servers and this and that to accomplish that so push isnt happening . .

with that out the way I am interested in a clue or two if you could drop on us what might be expected . . I promise I wont tell nobody if you post it . .

True about needing servers for push… Unless with Google putting out their actual apps for Android and Blackberry, then might of setup their system to push info.

That is what I am hoping happened at least!=)

I can’t wait. I recently purchased the full version of GV Mobile because the free version impressed me, and I can’t stop using it.

my google voice has not been great call quality lately, i wonder what gives

@YCF

I agree its a great app. I bought it and use it all day and I definitely respect the effort it took to develop, but I think cupcake does have a point. Whether its bashing on VoiceCentral in comments on other blogs and twitter or claiming that the official google android app is “not much competition”, he does appear to be lacking some humility.

sean :
@cupcake Smug asshole – do you know me? No. If you did, you know what I’m really like.
@Dan You only know half the story … please hold your judgement until you know the full story. If you look at their apps, which I’ve done, there isn’t much going on. Even GV from Evan for Android has more features…

Seems like he does know you

Push Push Push

If you want push for Google Voice on the iphone it can already be done using Growl and Prowl. The author of Growl for Windows released a script for this. It is not instantaneous but it only takes around a minute or two get notified. It takes a few steps to setup but works perfectly.

In my opinion, push notifications will either make or break GV Mobile. I don’t think Google will release push for their app considering they haven’t even released push for gmail on the iPhone. If Sean can get push out the door first, I think that will give him a HUGE competitve advantage over the rest of the apps and may be the only hope for GV Mobile if google does decide to roll out push.

Google is about to release there own app for the iphone. It will look like the android version. I like GV Mobile but it will soon be history.

Sean,

Really, really solid app. Thank you! Great price too.

@sean
Will you push-on or will you “push” on? That is the question. Don’t think I didn’t notice your 7/13 Twitter update.

Sean I dunno what those M-fers are talking about. Stop hating people go knock a few out in the bathroom and settle down. Sean put a hell of a program out there before the Mother Land (google) did. I canceled my SMS plan and his program has been nothing but genius. Rock out cant wait for the update.

@robert Nope your totally incorrect!!!

Long live GV Mobile and all the kick ass features that are still to come!!

@cupcake Only the stronge survive! I’m thinking you are one of the one’s who won’t…I appreciate Sean in the community and the way he conducts himself.

@sean

If you can integrate skype and gizmo5 that would be pretty awesome.

I don’t get it. Why do some people think a good app will vanish just because another one enters the competition? Great products exist because of competition. Think about what the iphone has done in the world of mobile devices. Apple is – and has always been – very unfair to end users, but thanks to them we’re getting great handsets from companies whose goals are to build handsets that are better than the iphone. Two years later, the iphone is still undefeated even though it suffers from two major shortcomings: one being Apple’s restrictions on the device, and two not being able to run multiple processes in the os.

If you must know, I’m not a big fan of Apple simply because I don’t like the way they do business; But I’m a happy iphone user. I hope that clears things up, so let’s just sit back relax while we wait for the best GV mobile yet. Frankly, I can’t wait.

@sean

or just hire you or buy out your app for a MILLION DOLLARS!

I know you can’t do push. But, is there a php script that I could run on my server along with php prowl to make it seem like I have push?

You guys just need to relax, and learn to read between the lines. Push among other things is coming in the next update; I can bet on it, you watch. You go Sean GV Mobile rocks.

I don’t think an official app means doom for GV Mobile. There’s a number of thriving AIM apps, despite AOL having a pretty feature-filled app of their own, including a free ad-supported version.

Even if the official app blows the others out of the water (which probably won’t be the case initially), Google doesn’t seem to support the notion of people having more than one Google Voice account, so people with more than one GV number (i.e. personal and business) will need some good 3rd party apps for their other accounts. And if Sean could pull off something like integrating Gizmo, then dear God, that’s another game entirely.

Yeah…what’s up with the July 13th twitter update?

I purchased GVMobile. I live in the USA now, but my google account was created in Canada. I cannot use GVMobile yet, and had no idea that this was the case. Will there be an update to fix this issue?

@sean

@Sean. Are we looking at 1 week or 2 months for the update. Please don’t say sometime within that time period.

Probably been requested already, but will the new update include landscape keyboard support for the sms interface?

Hi Tim,
Feature request: Is it possible to have have favorite contact button on the bottom? Or somewhere?

sean :
There is an update coming soon…I’m testing some push solutions – some involve running your own client that pushes the push notification out at your expense (computer),

This sounds fascinating. Do you have any idea yet what the requirements are for our own push server? I didn’t even know Apple would allow that kind of individual ability.

@Nathan
I think that would involve something more along the lines of, you running a program on your computer and updates being pushed using something like Prowl.

@Cupcake, what the hell is wrong with you? Sean provided an app that was much needed. Its an app that I rely on every single day. If google comes out with their own app, fine maybe I’ll look at it, but Google didn’t take the time to build the app when I needed it the most. Sean however took the time to build this on his own free time to help out people like myself. I am quite sure he is not getting rich on selling this app, so kudos to Sean for taking a risk and investing his precious time in building us a great app.

Looking forward to a new release! I have been using this software non-stop, and it’s superb! There are a few features I’d like, if you’re taking suggestions:

* Location-based settings: profiles which have pre-defined settings, so I don’t have to do too much tapping to adjust which phone dials, etc.
* Auto-refresh SMS: you’re probably already working on a push notification system, but it would also be nice if the tabs had an option to auto-refresh every XX seconds, too. In the SMS tab, it would be nice if refreshing could be done within a conversation.

These are minor issues, however, and I am working around them just fine. Thanks again!

I like the idea of this app, but I find it takes a lot longer to load than the mobile gvoice website. Also, it won’t allow me to use my gizmo5 number as the # to call when making calls. The gvoice website allows for this which is something I hope you include in the coming update.

@Clay
Thanks Clay. I had never heard of prowl. Looks like that solution would be great too.

Sean, if not push, can fetch be an option? The Mail app does this for servers that don’t push like GMail so they fetch after a certain amount of time elapses.

@sean
Why don’t you release a cydia version also then? iCall (icall.com) has a cydia and appstore version of their app. Their cydia version allows you to enable backgrounding and voip over 3g. They cydia store is a viable option, 3G Unrestrictor just came out ($2) and has made quite a lot of business (twitter.com/crashx). Not only are you free to do whatever you want, but you do not have to wait for the long appstore approval process..

This is especially vital if you plan on integrating skypegizmo right into your app- backgrounder and voip over 3g IS needed.