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3 Ways to Kill time on your Mobile

posted in Ramblings | May 6, 2011 | 26644 views

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Remember Chat Roulette? Of course you do. It faded out of popularity after it became flooded with exhibitionists (serious euphemism) and virtual webcams displaying advertisements. It’s really not something you can successfully moderate. TextSlide, a Vadio company, has invented the text-messaging version of Chat Roulette. It’s not public yet but with any luck, you’ll be able to snag an invite at TextSlide.com. Here’s how it works:

Enter your # onTextSlide.comReceive a text from TextSlide where you can #startTextSlide will then connect you with another TextSlide user, whom you can text. Only your area code and username is visible. Don’t like the person? #next them.

I tried it out with Google Voice, which is now public and available for iPhone, by the way. Google Voice is a definite Skype killer. You get your own free Google issued phone #, texting is free, domestic calls are free. International calls are not an incredible deal but still reasonable. But a...read more

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sappcycle (Student) said

Posted May 16, 2011

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That Google Voice seems pretty cool but when I just tried doing it, it wanted me to port my number over to google and off of my carrier. How will this affect my service/ contract with my carrier? Seems concerning and could mess up the bills

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Dan Wasyluk (Alumni) said

Posted Jun 9, 2011

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Yeah I would google around to find out about that- I have a separate google voice number that just routes to diff carrier based numbers based on time of day. It's pretty awesome. You should be able to use google voice without porting your existing number off your carrier.

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