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Grandialer, an iPhone app for GrandCentral

If you are one of the lucky ones who got in on the GrandCentral beta, then you might be interested in a new iPhone app that integrates with the GrandCentral service. Grandialer (iTunes link) allows you to use your iPhone to call people using your GrandCentral telephone number.

The service can be used on EDGE since it's not a VoIP service. The application works by connecting your calls through GrandCentral and ringing back your iPhone. To set up the application, you just need to specify a ringback number for GrandCentral to call you back. To do this, just navigate to Settings > Phone number in the Grandialer application.

Grandialer is a free application and is available today on the App Store. For more information on the application you can visit the developer's site.

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Damian

Can anyone please share the love and send me a Grandcentral invitation?
Thanks a bunch. Vumber seems to be great for about 5 bucks/month.
thirteenway[at]gmail.com

October 24 2008 at 3:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jsm

DaveK - you cannot play your grand central voicemails in any form on the iphone due to the lack of flash support apparently. All the more odd since the GC vm files are just mp3s. I have to blame google more than apple as they have done zero-zilch-bubkiss-nothing to develop GC since they took it over, and I imagine there is a simple workaround to allow the iphone email app to see the mp3 messages. For now this is a big problem for me as I had been able to retrieve messages on my old WM6.1 phone and assumed I'd be able to do the same on the iphone.

August 15 2008 at 1:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
threepio

The app is named "GrandDialer" (two D's), not "Grandialer".

August 10 2008 at 10:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony Morrow

The beauty of the N800/810 with Grandcentral Dialer is that you can place and received free calls to and from anywhere when its partnered with Gizmo 5. Now if we can get a version of Gizmo on the iPhone.

August 08 2008 at 4:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DaveK

I use Grand Central in my small business primarily for call forwarding and agree its great for what it does and the free price. I get dozens of voicemails delivered by push to my Blackjack Exchange e-mail and can open the e-mail, click on the link and it quickly opens the browser and goes to a unique web address for the specific message, asking if I want to download/play the .mp3 file, which is what I then do. I have read that there are limitations on the iPhone, at least last year there were, is that STILL the case, or can the iPhone now playback the Mp3 voice message files via the link. I know that .mp3 and .wav file e-mail attachments can be played back on the iPhone like Vonage now works, so can someone explain how Grand Central and their Mobile web site access works or not on the iPhone 3G on the blackjack you can log in to mobile, and see visual voicemail and click on buttons to also playback, and you can change some of key settings).

August 08 2008 at 2:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ThePete

GrandCentral has been a major disappointment. Virtually no new features have been added since I got my invite (a year, or so, ago?), but my GC number is on my business cards now, so I'm kinda stuck. I use the service, and I'm thankful for the GrandDialer app (two D's not one, I think) but this is a great example of Google ignoring companies/services it buys. Sad, really, since GC is a great idea and, for what it is so far, a good service.

So, if you're sad you didn't get in on the beta, you're missing very little. They really need to integrate with gmail, add an editable favorites phone list (my iPhone does that! too bad it's not integrated with GrandDialer), allow custom groups (not just family, friends, work and others), allow incoming calls from some callers to go straight through (currently you have to press 1 to send them through to you), and, well, I could go on.

Sorry, most of that is OT, but hopefully useful to folks wishing they had a GC account (and maybe Google, if they happen to stop by TUAW).

August 08 2008 at 2:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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valdar

I love it. I've been using GC's moblie service on my iPhone, it's really a pain in the neck to use. With this new app, it's so much easier. Thanks!!!

August 08 2008 at 1:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
adriana

I love this program. I just wish that I could add multiple GC accts. Other than that it's prefect!

August 08 2008 at 1:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric

Users of n8x0's, 770's, and Linux have DialCentral fka Grancentral Dialer. I'm trying to push out a new release "soon"

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21394

August 08 2008 at 1:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
neil

Nice app! But is there any reason that I can't use '4' to record like I would with a normal grand central call?

August 08 2008 at 1:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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