I am ALL about downsizing in this poor economy. I no longer have a land line, opting for high speed internet instead only on the telephone line.
Generally whenever I’m at home and my computer is on, I make phone calls using Google Voice. It’s accessible through my Gmail account and it’s free nationwide calling in the U.S. and Canada. I use a cell phone when not at home.
Google's "Call Phone" feature has so far made a splash, inspiring million calls in its first day--even before all Gmail users received the notification that they could activate the feature.
A favorable response is good news for Google, whose last opt-out Gmail feature, Google Buzz, only incited ire and demands to make it easier to disable Google Buzz. In addition to staying in consumers' good graces, Google's VoIP service in Google Talk is a potential moneymaker for the company. It's currently free to make calls inside the U.S. and Canada; however, to make inexpensive international calls you must buy credit through Google Checkout.
Google's Gmail call feature is undoubtedly a dangling carrot that can boost Google's formidable bottom line and reinforce some of its other services. If it's heavily adopted, as we suspect its convenient placement in the in-box will warrant, the company's dominance as a trusted, go-to brand will surely continue to grow.
The AUGEN Tablet: Originally Posted by Savvy Chick.
Augen tablet is expected to release this weekend for $149.99 at Kmart . The tablet features a 7-inch touch screen LCD display, WiFi, 2GB memory and 256MB of RAM. The Augen tablet will have an Android v2.1 operating system and it is also said to have access to the Android Market App Store, thus giving you the opportunity to download thousands of games and useful application.
Augen tablet does lack 3G support, however if you like to get your hands on a new Android based tablet, and then Augen tablet would be the right choice.
