Google Voice not Active on my new phone?

Old dial phone, new Google voice--can they be friends?

  • I use and love Google Voice on my Mac. I have on old dial telephone with a plastic clippy connector on the cable (so it's not that old, I guess). Is there any device that would let me connect the old phone to the Mac? I'm sure I couldn't dial through the old phone, but could I use it for talking? I want to be able to trip passersby with my sproingy phone cord, like in the olden days.

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Perhaps you can find one of http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=JSP-202R&cpc=SCH somewhere.

cmonkey

Oh, my, I'm happy I asked this question. ALL these answers are great! Probably the Service Bridge adapter is what I need to manage my original question, but Great Lord Above, I think I need one of those old fasioned handsets to go with my iPhone! (For the lovers of old/new: my brother has set up all his voice-dial commands on his cell phone to start with, "Operator, get me ______". Makes me laugh every time. Thanks, smart ones!

largecorp

Just curious, how did your brother make his own voice commands/what phone does he have?

hotdiggitydog

I don't know how to connect your handset to the Mac, but if that doesn't work out, I've been happy with http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003DKL4JA/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/. There is an optional USB adapter that will let you connect it to the Mac.

maxim0512

+1 to the Moshi-Moshi Pop handset that maxim0512 mentioned... I use it all the time when I'm talking on my iPhone on the bus. :)

kaudio

Not sure what kind of phone--nothing too new. You had to train the phone with a recording for each name in your phone book, so he just added the "operator" gag at the beginning of each one. Wish I had more facts for you. (He also changed his screen to a picture of an old rotary dial. A clever boy, perhaps with too much time on his hands...)

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