GrandCentral

I bumped into GrandCentral back at DEMOFall, but I didn’t check them out until recently. I registered a phone number a couple weeks ago and just now got back to it. It’s a really cool product. You register a phone number, people call this number, all the phones you setup ring. Cool and useful. There is also several features such as voicemails can be emailed to you, call forwarding, etc. Oh, and you can change the ring people hear when the call you. You can even add an MP3 for your ring.

Why would you want this? One number is easier to remember than three (or more). All your voicemails can be in one place. You can forward, reply, download, etc. You can configure it so each caller is treated differently. Add greetings, music, phones, etc…And lastly, you can keep your real numbers to yourself.

Here are a couple things that are a tad lame. First: I wanted to setup an account for Tara too. This way I would never again have to dial home, then her mobile. However, for some strange reason you can only have a phone number set up in one account. So, I couldn’t use my home phone in my account and her account. Why? Secondly, everyone knows I’m usually up until 1 or 2 AM, but Tara is in bed early and if they want to ring me they can call me on my mobile because this won’t wake Tara or Ashby. With GrandCentral I can configure my new number so my home is rung during work hours, but I can’t configure it so my home phone isn’t rung late. This would be really useful. They should give me an interface I can tweak when specific phone numbers are rung.

Anyhow, give me a call at my new number: (619) 931-2314, dig the ringer.