Think of Newber as sort of a positioning - awareGrandCentralcall directing service that lives on your iPhone and can forward call automatically to whatever landline is close to your location . Other features , like being able to switch phones in the middle of a conversation , making and invite calls from a “ Newber ” number and mechanically sending all incoming calls to voicemail are super neat , but it ’s missing a few feature that the older and free - er GrandCentral armed service offer . The call redirection worked great in our tests . you’re able to manually set calls to route to either your iPhone or your “ local ” land line , which is programmed via location detective work and can automatically shift when you get to a sure place , like family or work . Outgoing call up from your Newber number are establish as your Newber number , which is fantastic for hiding your real number from business contacts or hoi polloi you do n’t quite trustfulness . What ’s not cool , alas , is Newber does n’t have access to your darling list , so you ’ll have to re - summate your favourite from your contacts tilt ( which it does have access to ) . Compared to GrandCentral , Newber is still missing features like being capable to ring multiple phones at the same time , listening in on voicemail as it ’s being tape , and having people declare their name before you pick up ( or deny ) the call . The giving dispute between the two is that Newber costs $ 5 a calendar month and 2 cents a second , whereas GrandCentral is free . Is being capable to route your calls to your landline automatically deserving what ’s fundamentally long distance rates ? rugged to say . But they ’re still in genus Beta , and it may be possible that they ’ll tweak prices a piece before launching fullscale . [ NewberviaChip Chick ]
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