Early Gmail Users Get Google Voice Phone Numbers First.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Two weeks ago I heard that there was a waiting list to get an invite to sign up for Google Voice Phone Number. So I figured I’d better go ahead and put in my request and see what happens.

Today, to my surprise I received an email letting me know I was in. Which makes me wonder…why did I get my number so fast? Maybe it was because I was an early Gmail user. Gmail was launched as an invitation only Beta release on April 1, 2004. I knew someone who was an early Beta test participant at the University of Texas and they sent me an invite on April 10,2006. (I signed up that day) Gmail wasn’t lauched to the rest of the public until Feb 7, 2007. So I wonder…are early Gmail users getting first dibs on Google Voice Phone Numbers? I don’t have the answer to that question, but what I do have is a killer San Francisco area phone number that I will keep for life! My new Google Voice Phone Number is (650) 866-XXXX. Now that’s a nice number. What do you think?

Check out the email I received below:

You are invited to open a free Google Voice account. To accept this invitation and create your account, visit https://www.google.com/voice/inv/…

If you haven’t already heard about it, Google Voice is a service that makes using your current phones much better!

Here’s what it offers:

A personal phone number that rings all of your existing phones when people call
All of your voicemail in one inbox with unlimited online storage and free voicemail transcripts sent to your phone and email
Low-priced international calling to over 200 countries and free SMS
Other powerful features like the first phone spam filter to protect you from unwanted callers, the ability to ListenInTM on your voicemail messages while they are being left, conference calling and more

To learn more about Google Voice before registering, visit: http://www.google.com/voice/about

Please note that Google Voice is only available for sign up in the US.

We hope you enjoy Google Voice,

The Google Voice Team

Google Voice Screenshot

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