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"In order to promote its new, cutting-edge calling technology, Google is going retro with dozens of phone booths set to sweep the nation's airports and colleges.\nAt a press event at Google's offices in San Francisco, the company launched Google Voice integration with Gmail, giving users the ability to make and receive phone calls from their inboxes.  Phone calls to the U.S. and Canada are free, making Google Chat a legitimate competitor to Skype.\nAs part of its campaign to raise awareness for Google Voice, the company is getting creative.  Sometime soon (likely before the end of the year), you'll start seeing red Google Voice phone booths in public venues, primarily at airports and college campuses.\nThe phone booths aren't just for show though; they actually make phone calls.  While the phone booths have very classic-looking phones in them, they are powered by Internet connections, not by land lines.  The company has not not yet disclosed where exactly these calling stations will be located.\nWe had a chance to test the phone booth out, and while it can be a bit confusing to operate (Google didn't have time to update the instructions that appear in the phone booth) and there seems to be a bit of a lag for the dial tone, it does make a decent phone call.  Calls from the booth, even international ones, are free of charge.\nWe're not sure if Google wants to associate its VoIP service with the rotary telephone, but it is cute, noticeable and, most importantly, functional.  Expect to see these red beasts real soon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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