Google Voice is clever tool from Google that optimises telecommunications, featuring voicemail transcription, a single number for all your phones and SMS to email, all for free. You can setup Google Voice to forward your text messages to send to your Messagey! email, which means you can send and receive texts from a phone number (instead of a ‘@messagey.com’ email address) straight within the Messagey! app.

Setup (Click on the images to enlarge)

1) Login to your Google Voice account.  Go to ‘Settings’, then ‘Voice Settings’.

2) Go to tab ‘Voicemail & Text’, select ‘Add a new email address’.

3) Type in your ‘@messagey.com’ email address in the ‘Add an additional email address’ box, then click ‘Save’.

4) You’ll be sent a verification email to your Messagey! email account.

5) A new contact will appear with the Google Voice verification.  Scroll down to the part with ‘https://www.google …’.   Tap the ‘>’ arrow.

6) Tap the open link starting with ‘https://www.google…’, A web view will open.  Enter your password.

7) Your ‘@messagey.com’ email is now validated with Google Voice.

8 ) Go back to your ‘Voicemail & Text’ section; you may need to switch tabs back and forth to refresh the screen.  Make sure ‘Email the message to:’ is checked.   In the drop down select your ‘@messagey.com’ email address.  Save.  On the same screen make sure ‘Forward text messages to my email’ is checked.  Save.  (Note: If you don’t want duplicates coming to your mobile phone, just uncheck ‘Mobile’ under  ‘Sent a text (SMS) to’.)

9) Now if someone texts your Google Voice number, it appears inside Messagey!   Any replies also will look like they came from your Google Voice number!

New Features…

- Picture Messaging for FREE to most US carriers and all email addresses

- iOS 4 support for multitasking (fast app switching)

- Signitures

- Improved Push Message Support

- Optional toggles for styling, landscape mode and emoticons

- Support for Canadian users

- Support for iAds

We’ve also changed the format in which we offer Messagey!; from now, there are two versions – a ‘full’ and ‘lite’. Messagey! Lite is available for free, and includes ads and a 30 message per day limit, where as Messagey! (full) is just 99¢ and includes 3 months of message service.

Get Messagey! from the App Store today…

Messagey!

Messagey! Lite

All you’ll need to do is follow our Twitter account (@13thfloorapps), and retweet the message below…

http://twitter.com/13thfloorapps/status/14927039915

We’ll be selecting our winners randomly and then will be announcing one new winner every day – so watch out for a tweet from us!

Previous Winners…

Monday’s winner was @joshuazillmer

Tuesday’s winner was @kvwhalen

Wednesday’s winner was @gabefransen

Thursday’s winner was @hdavisiii

Friday’s winner was @davewoolfing

Update: Our competition is now over. Don’t worry, you can still grab a lifetime subscription from the App Store for just $1.99!

Grab it now on the App Store!

Also, coming soon to Messagey! – MMS support, we’ll keep you posted in the coming week(s).

Download it for FREE, now at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/messagey-unlimited-sms/id367276548?mt=8

Thanks!

Here’s what you’ll need to do:

1. Sync your device with iTunes
2. Find any files that begin with “Messagey” and end with “.crash” in this folder on your computer:

Mac OS X: ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/(Your Device’s Name)/Messagey[...]

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\Apple Computer\Logs\CrashReporter\MobileDevice\Your Device’s Name)\Messagey[...]

Windows Vista: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Logs\CrashReporter\MobileDevice\Your Device’s Name)\Messagey[...]

1. Send the file(s) to us at support@messagey.com
2. We’ll get back to you with suggestions on why Messagey! isn’t working and improve Messagey! in the future.

Thanks,

The Messagey! team