GrandCentral - FREE!!! (for a bit anyway)
For those of you that have been scouring the planet for a Grandcentral invite, look no further. For now (and who knows how much longer) you can sign up for your very own Grandcentral account with no strings attached - and no invite required. Head over to http://www.grandcentral.com/home/blogger_invite before it's too late.
I'm not sure where this popped up from (it looks like our bud Ronen at BerryReview was first to post it!), but I do know that if you don't have a Grandcentral account you really need to get one. For those of you that don't know anything about GC - essentially it gives you a phone number of your choosing (from a list in your area that GC offers) and it's yours for life. Any calls to that number will forward wherever you'd like - cell, work, home etc. You can setup spam filters for those evil telemarketers, address groups that will forward to a specified location, switch phones mid call, listen to voicemail online and even save your messages for eternity (so they say). The options are immense. Long story short - sign up first so you don't miss your chance, and read about it later. This is one freebie you don't want to miss.
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Anonymous Mar 7, 2008 at 6:10 am
I just got a number and got it activated. Still trying to figure out all the options.
BerryReview Mar 7, 2008 at 9:43 am
I was just getting tired of fielding over 50 requests for GrandCentral invites yesterday.
Anonymous Mar 7, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Not available in Canada Yet......Dang Nabbit
Anonymous Mar 7, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Got me a number. Might come in handy w/ me having 3 different #'s or giving this num out to all bill collectors, lol.
speedy Mar 7, 2008 at 8:09 pm
this is great and free!!! Highly recommended!
Anonymous Mar 8, 2008 at 10:23 am
I have the pearl 8100 and im trying to use grand central. which flash player would be the correct app for my phone. thx
cqueve1 Mar 10, 2008 at 12:59 am
www.grandcentral.com/mobile is the correct website you need to put in your Blackberry device to access your address book.
barko12 Mar 8, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I got my GC number yesterday and am pretty impressed with how it works with the exception of no text messaging capability. I think Ill use GC more for work contacts so I can receive calls on my BB, but wont totally convert until SMS is available. There is a lot of overall potential with GC though.
Anonymous Mar 24, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hey guys.. been searching high and low for an invitation to Grand Central. Is there anyway anyone could send me one? It would make my year :) My email is nextmed at hotmail.com
Thanks guys.
Mike
Anonymous Mar 8, 2008 at 11:42 pm
None available for 808 the Hawaii area code :-(
Anonymous Mar 9, 2008 at 4:54 pm
GC has an incredible potential for growth. I'm just worried that they will start charging eventually, and by that time we'll all be too hooked on it... Before I have all my friends change my phone number in their phones, I think I'm going to wait and see..
cqueve1 Mar 10, 2008 at 1:06 am
I was fortunate to learn about Grand Central about 3 months ago. Getting an invite was a little bit difficult but I eventually got one. How can Grand Central work in other carriers for free?
The one bad comment I have about Grand Central is that when I use it for long conference calls, which need a passcode to access, there is a little discrepancy between the internet and the call. For example, if the passcode is 596444, it will read in the end.... 5559996444444444. A little frustrating. Also, telephone numbers which have extension numbers have some trouble.
Stan Z Mar 14, 2008 at 12:07 am
No Grand Central in Canada - hey guys - what good is it?
Mobile Mike Mar 24, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hey guys.. been searching high and low for an invitation to Grand Central. Is there anyway anyone could send me one? It would make my year :) My email is nextmed at hotmail.com
Thanks guys.
Mike
Anonymous Apr 18, 2008 at 8:05 am
How do you sign up for this thing ?