Category: Services/Features
Changing Call Forwarding Settings From Any Computer
Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 10:46 AM EST
Last week my friends Dad who I personally set up Phone.com for had a little problem, his cell phone got washed in the washing machine. I got a frantic call that went something along the lines of, “Jeb my BlackBerry got wet and isn’t working. I can’t miss my work calls over the weekend, they [...]
Do You Know How To Transfer Incoming Calls?
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 9:10 AM EST
Did you know you could easily transfer incoming calls to other numbers or extensions? Jeremy Watkin our customer service manager was telling me recently that he thought it was one of the more under utilized functions in the long list of Phone.com features. I want to share with you how to transfer a call and [...]
Professional Recording Services By Phone.com
Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 8:06 PM EST
When you call any type of big company from an airline to a credit card company what happens? You get an automated system. Do you ever think “wow, this sounds very professional” or “boy oh boy this sounds like garbage”? I helped set up a friends Dad with a Phone.com Virtual Office account and he [...]
It Takes Two To Text
Friday, February 25th, 2011 at 7:16 PM EST
Guest blog: Stuart Zipper A startling statistic (at least to me) that was released recently showed that the number of text messages (SMS or Short Message Service) sent in the U.S. has now surpassed the number of voice calls made via cellular phones. When you consider that most carriers are charging a dime, or even [...]
A new video to promote our Home Phone Plus Service.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 6:43 PM EST
We just recently put up a new video featuring Phone.com’s Home Phone Plus service. Did you know that with the service you can forward your calls to your cell phone and make calls from your cell phone showing your home phone number as the outgoing caller ID. You can even make those calls from abroad [...]
Phone.com Is The Choice For Communication While Abroad!
Thursday, February 17th, 2011 at 2:10 PM EST
Well I’ve been using Phone.com services almost exclusively for my entire trip here to Barcelona. I’ve been trying different sim cards and services along the way but my entire time I’ve been having connectivity issues because there are literally 50,000 people visiting the city for Mobile World Congress and their all packed into the convention [...]
Phone.com can Save You Money On SMS When Traveling Abroad
Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 7:00 PM EST
One of my absolute favorite features of Phone.com is it’s SMS support. Not only can you send and receive SMS on a mobile phone but you can do it from the web as well. I was on a very important call today I couldn’t get off of and me being the mobile fanatic I am [...]
Using The Call Back Feature In Mobile Office To Save Money When Traveling
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 10:54 PM EST
When you travel do you use a local sim card for your phone? I do because I just don’t want to pay my US cell phone provider their exorbitant roaming fees. One of the benefits of doing this is that in many countries you get free incoming calls. Well what does that have to do [...]
After Hours Greetings – what a simple concept…
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 8:01 PM EST
Having clients over seas for many years now I came to learn many things about the worlds perception of the US. Many (by no means all) people tend to think the US is just 1 time zone and most people assume it’s Eastern which is 3 hours ahead of where I live near Los Angeles. [...]
Phone.com’s Address Book Feature
Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 11:28 PM EST
The address book feature is one of many that you get when signing up for Phone.com. It’s not just a typical address book, it acts as a caller ID as well, on your cell phone as well as a desk phone by stating the city and state the number originates from in the US (I [...]