Sean Kovacs

I am currently using Prowl to alert me of incoming SMS messages. Prowl was only $2.99 and it was really worth it. As soon as I get a text it would launch GV Mobile. I am not too sure if it still redirects using GV Mobile+.

I’m using Boxcar, which was free for a single service (costs extra to add Facebook and other services, but many of those are adding push notification now anyway). With GV Mobile and Boxcar, I get the same functionality I had with AT&T SMS messaging, but now I don’t have to pay them $5.00/month for 200 messages. The service is totally free for me. Oh! I can do international text messaging as well.

I’m also in the Prowl Boat. Prowl doesn’t charge extra for added services. I use Prowl to get SMS & Voicemail notifications for Google Voice, Facebook notifications, Gmail notifications, RSS feed updates (like Sean’s site) and Twitter notifications. For about a week I sent every Tweet Sean made to Prowl so I’d know the moment GV Mobile+ was released.

I’m also in the Prowl Boat. Prowl doesn’t charge extra for added services. I use Prowl to get SMS & Voicemail notifications for Google Voice, Facebook notifications, Gmail notifications, RSS feed updates (like Sean’s site) and Twitter notifications. For about a week I sent every Tweet Sean made to Prowl so I’d know the moment GV Mobile+ was released.

This has only cost me the original $2.99. I run a few free services on my computer that is on 24/7 anyway, and I take advantage of a free service called AutoNote

+1 for prowl. Use it not only for GV, but several AutoIT scripts on my home computer that use Growl.

Have you looked at using Urban Airship (http://urbanairship.com/) to power your built in push notification system? I’m developing an iphone app and came across them, seems like a very affordable solution.

@sean:
OMG! I just came up with the greatest idea ever to get GV Mobile in the App Store!
Just change every reference to “Google Voice” to Pig Latin!
“Ooglegay Oicevay Mobile” They accepted those other Google Voice-esque apps, so if you change the name it’d work, right?

I dumped TextNow yesterday and jumped onto Prowl. Works great!

-btw, anybody know how to customize the push notification format from Prowl to change how the SMS is displayed?

@JT
Under Advanced Settings on the VoiceGrowl page.

I’m having trouble getting my Prowl to work. Can anyone help me out with the settings that I’m supposed to use?

Thanks

@Bryan
Does you test message work?

You need to create an account on Prowl’s website, then login, and copy your API #, and then login at Voicegrowl, and paste your API. Then click to send a test message

@sean
after paste your API then test and SAVE(<- make sure IMPORTANT)

I pray every night for a push notification update.

GVMax can do push. Read here.
https://www.gvmax.com/

@Ole

Thanks for pointing out GVMax for us, Ole. I just set it up, and it’s working great!