The PC-to-Phone Revolution

When you have a work phone, a home phone and a cell phone, you can use Google Voice to set up a number so that when others call you on your special number, your three phones will ring. Is that all Google Voice is good for when you have an unlimited plan?

For example, I've got an unlimited messaging plan, but since I moved to a new apartment where I don't get any T-Mobile service whatsoever, what good is it to have this unlimited messaging plan when I can't even text anyone? That's where Google Voice's SMS feature comes in handy (if you're connected to the net). Send text messages from your Google Voice number and keep all your text messages in a tidy conversation pane, as if it was a Gmail conversation.

A better idea is to get a new cell phone contract with a Blackberry or an Android-powered phone so that I can use WiFi to make free calls with Gizmo5 and/or send SMS with no extra charges. All I'd need is mobile web. If there were a plan with just that -> a web-enabled handheld. Guess what? There is something like that called LAPTOP (if you get a small netbook, that is) or iPhone/iPod Touch.

Or just make a phone call from a PC (assuming you have a microphone and a headset) through MediaRingTalk or CallingAmerica.