An Ode to Visual Voicemail (3)
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I have long felt that voicemail was archaic. Like fax machines, voice mail systems seem stuck in an earlier era, with arcane controls and so little feedback that the user has no idea if their attempt at communication has been successful. In fact, I was long loath to trust voice mail systems at all, instead just asking people to call my other numbers or email me. With this in mind, I was impressed by Apple’s ...
MakeUseOf Your iPhone: Palringo (3)
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Clearly iPhone users have a serious need for instant messaging. After the App Store launched it seemed like everybody and their brother created an AIM client (including the protocol’s creators, AOL). Since then, I’ve been looking through the list and sorting the good from the bad. As it turns out, the 3rd party developers really busted their butts and turned out some fairly impressive apps. Even the AOL-made app is solid. One app I like ...
FEMA phone system hacked (4)
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Filed under: newsOver the weekend, a hacker broke into FEMA's new PBX voicemail system , made over 400 overseas phone calls to Asia and the Middle East, and ran up a $12,000 bill. The low tech hack took advantage of a "hole" that was not covered when a contractor upgraded the voicemail system. FEMA is currently conducting its own internal investigation, but FEMA spokesman [Tom Olshanski] did not have any information about the contractor responsible ...
Verizon gets official with Visual Voicemail service (4)
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Filed under: CellphonesThere aren't exactly all that many details left to announce, but Verizon has just gotten official with its late to the party Visual Voicemail service which, for the time being at least, is only available on the LG Voyager. As we had heard previously, the service will run you an extra $2.99 per month on top of your usual bill, and you'll be able to store up to 40 messages for 40 days, ...
YouMail — Visual Voicemail for the iPhone-Free Masses - Profy.Com (3)
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I'm a texter. I'm addicted. I actually prefer texting to phone calls; you can talk to seven people at once as opposed to just one, and SMS messages tend to cut down on conversational fluff that saps your precious time. Because most people aren't addicted like me, they don't care to shoot the breeze with their fingers. In fact, that tends to mean they don't text me at all, but leave me voicemail after voicemail, ...
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When your five-year-old nephew sings happy birthday to you on your voicemail, you want to keep that message to play back to his friends when he's in college. If you've got an iPhone, there are a few ways to save voicemail audio files to your computer. If you've jailbroken your iPhone, you can SFTP into it and transfer the files to your local hard drive. If not, you can use your computer's line in and ...
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Jared Zimmerman said:
for that extra special break-up voicemail you want to listen to over and over and over.
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Tyler said:
bad ass
How to Transfer iPhone Voicemail to Your Computer [Step By Step] (2)
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When your five-year-old nephew sings "Happy Birthday" to you on your voicemail, you want to keep that message to play back to his friends when he's in college. If you've got an iPhone, there are a few ways to save voicemail audio files to your computer. If you've jailbroken your iPhone, you can SFTP into it and transfer the files to your local hard drive. If not, you can use your computer's line in and ...
Vocaroo: Record Voice, Send it to Friends, Post it Online (1)
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Vocaroo is a quick online voice recording app where you can record voice messages and afterwards share them with others via email or personal webpage. Next time you want to send someone a voice email or add an audio message to your online profile (ex. Myspace) make sure to give Vocaroo a try. Features: Simple way to record and share voice messages online. Record as many messages as you like (no restrictions). Preview voice recording ...
Slydial sends your call straight to voicemail, makes apologizing too easy (4)
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Filed under: Messaging Really now, who hasn't had a moment where they celebrated mightily after no one picked up on the fourth / fifth ring? Rather that trusting Lady Luck to lead your phone calls to voicemail, Slydial's giving you a main line in. Said company enables any US post-paid wireless customer on any major carrier to dial someone in a similar situation and drop a message in their voicemail box without having to actually ...
SlyDial: Avoid Annoying Conversations by Going Directly to Voicemail (3)
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If there is one thing I can't stand it is getting into long-winded conversations with people on the phone. This is especially true if that person happens to be annoying. If I am forced to initiate the call, I find myself muttering a silent prayer that they won't pick up, but the fact of the matter is that annoying people are always available. The good news is that SlyDial has come up with a solution ...
Straight-to-voicemail phone service allows meek to inherit the earth [Startups] (6)
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Slydial is easy to explain: You sign up, then dial 267-SLYDIAL from any cellphone or land line. Enter the phone number whose voicemail you want — cell phones only — and Slydial lets you record and leave a voicemail message without ringing the other party's phone first. I can finally do my Leonard Cohen impression into my wife's inbox without disrupting her board meetings. Slydial limits you to one phone number per message. That's good ...
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It is indicative of the state of our society when a startup like this garners coverage from more than 3 prominent tech blogs. Wow.
AbbyMe : Send Phone Messages to Friends (1)
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AbbyMe allows you to call anywhere in the US (and dozens of other countries) and deliver your message. Type in your message, enter the phone number and let it make the call and read it out. It doesn’t seem to work 100%, but still fun to play with. What can you do with AbbyMe? Send someone a funky voice message, make a prank call, schedule a birthday reminder message to friends, send a group message ...
SlyDial: Voice Communication, Without the Interaction (3)
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By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] A new service can let you take the personal touch out of voice communication. SlyDial gives you the option to dial directly into anyone’s voicemail — whether they’re on the same cell phone provider as you or not. You can use it for free if you don’t mind listening through a 30-second ad, or you can pay a small fee (15 cents a pop, or less if you buy ...
SlyDial: Leave voicemail without actually having to talk to anyone (9)
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Filed under: Audio, Commercial, Freeware, Mobile Minute It's 2am and you really, really, really need to get in touch with your significant other to let them know how sorry you are about the thing you said earlier that night. But you're a bit tipsy, and they're probably asleep and you don't want to wake them up. So what do you do? Make a call that goes directly to voicemail of course. Because nothing says "I'm ...
SlyDial Lets You Leave Direct, Stealthy Voicemails [Voicemail] (28)
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SlyDial, a new direct-to-voicemail phone service, blatantly pitches itself as a way to avoid conversations you don't want to have—and, in some cases, that's fine and actually productive. Sign up for the service—free with ads tacked on, paid to skip them—and dial 267-SLYDIAL to leave a pre-saved contact or any phone number voicemail without their phone actually ringing. If you know someone's busy and want to leave a note for later, or you're just running ...
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Derick Valadao said:
Awesome idea!
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kmohr25 said:
yeah, i saw this. sneaky sneaky.
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yooper1019 said:
I miss my old Private Phone # through Net Zero. It was great to give out if I had to on internet forms.
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Srinvard said:
USE WHEN NECESSARY TO AVOID CONVERSATIONS
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Like ninja!
SlyDial Lets You Leave Direct, Stealthy Voicemails [Voicemail] (2)
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SlyDial, a new direct-to-voicemail phone service, blatantly pitches itself as a way to avoid conversations you don't want to have—and, in some cases, that's fine and actually productive. Sign up for the service—free with ads tacked on, paid to skip them—and dial 267-SLYDIAL to leave a pre-saved contact or any phone number voicemail without their phone actually ringing. If you know someone's busy and want to leave a note for later, or you're just running ...
How bad is your voicemail greeting? (1)
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When’s the last time you listened to your own voice mail greeting? If you’re like most people, you don’t check it very often. Give it a try. Do you like what you hear? Does it make a good impression? Is it useful? Is it up to date? Check out these voice mail tips: • It’s a good idea to leave a voice mail greeting in your own voice – not that of an assistant or ...
iPhone 2.0 supports playback of WAV voicemail (14)
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Filed under: iPhoneIf you've been aggravated at your iPhone or iPod touch in the past for its inability to play back WAV voicemail files from home phone services like Vonage or AT&T (synergy foul! yellow card), you may now breathe easier. TJ Luoma was 95% through building a rather elaborate script to convert incoming WAV voicemails to MP3 for iPhone playback (and, while he was at it, add some reverse lookup magic) when he discovered ...
GotVoice Partners With VoIP Firm (1)
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Kirkland, Washington-based GotVoice said this week that the firm has partnered with ShoreTel, to offer its Voicemail-to-Text service to Shoretel's customers. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. GotVoice said that its services will be used to provide email versions of their voicemail messages. GotVoice, which is venture backed by Ignition Partners, Second Avenue Partners and Cedar Grove Investments, operates a service which converts cell, home and work voicemail to text and sends it ...
