Call anywhere in the US and Canada for FREE (extended through 2011)

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Call anywhere in the US and Canada for FREE for at least the rest of the year. (EDIT: Great News! Google Voice FREE CALLS to US and Canada in Gmail extended up to the end of 2011.)

All you need is a Gmail email account. Install the voice and video plug-in if you haven’t already. Login to your Gmail account, look for “Call Phone” shows up in your chat list (see illustration below). Click it and the phone dialer will pop-up. Dial a US or Canada phone number and you're calling it for FREE.

Try it now and enjoy the FREE call.

I have tried it and it works great!!



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Send FREE SMS (Text Message) from Gmail

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Send FREE SMS (Text Message) from Gmail

Gmail (Google) offered you to make a FREE voice call to US and Canada telephone numbers but did you know that Gmail also has a FREE SMS service?

You can send FREE SMS (text messages) to your contacts in select countries including the Philippines and USA directly from your Gmail account.

I have tested it by sending a text message to my own mobile phone and I received the text message instantly, no delay. I think you can make 50 FREE SMS messages per day.

Procedure to send SMS from Gmail (procedure from Google website):

(1) Log into your Gmail account. In the Send SMS box above Chat, enter the phone number you want to send a SMS to.



(2) In the dialog box, enter Contact name of the SMS recipient and check that country and phone number are correct. Then, click Save.



(3) Type your message in the chat window and hit Enter.



(4) Your message will be sent to the phone number you entered.



This FREE service from Gmail/Google is very convenient and helpful to many people around the world.

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