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SlyDial: Avoid Annoying Conversations by Going Directly to Voicemail

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 to this problem with a service that allows the caller to go directly to voicemail. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Sean Fallon
12,594 views, 56 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: This is a social problem, it can't be solved with going just to voicemail. Be able to tell someone when to stop calling you, it's a social skill you have to learn and be able to do. Just come out more »

blackberry

BlackBerry Storm to Get Visual Voicemail on Verizon

We mentioned that there were rumors that Verizon was going to be bringing its own version of visual voicemail out sometime, and now there are further rumblings that this will include visual voicemail on the BlackBerry Storm. This makes the touchscreen, haptic-feedback smartphone sound even more like a real iPhone competitor, wouldn't you say? [Electric Pig]

5:47 AM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,503 views, 37 comments

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Visual Voicemail Coming to Verizon... For a Price

Rumor has it that Verizon Wireless will be joining AT&T and Sprint in offering visual voicemail, in this case on four upcoming phones: LG's Chocolate 3 and an updated Voyager (possible software update but more likely hardware refresh), along with the mysteriously code-named "Blaze" and "Utopia" from Motorola. That's more phones than any other carrier to date, though there's no mention of it on the iPhone wannabe LG Dare. The catch is that the optional service will cost $2 a month—annoying when you consider other carriers offer it for free, though totally expected when you consider that even Verizon's email app costs an extra $5 per month. Look out for this to arrive in late July or early August. [IntoMobile]

11:19 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,909 views, 28 comments

Latest by Avielus: @Git Em SteveDave thinks a friend with weed is better: Have you tried creating a new contact using *86 instead of 1, and inserting pauses into that? That's what worked for me. more »

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PhoneTag "Hacked" For GrandCentral, Converts Voicemail to E-Mail

PhoneTag, the gang that turns voicemail into text, has "hacked" Google's GrandCentral. The service that consolidates all of your phone numbers into one is useful for people on the go, but its voicemail system is clunky, especially for those needing fast access to messages. That's what makes this hack so clever. More »

10:00 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,063 views, 19 comments

cellphones

Verizon Restores Voicemail of Man's Deceased Wife in a Story That is Touchingly Creepy

In what has to be the saddest cellphone-related story ever, an 80-year-old man spent a part of every day listening to a voicemail recording of his deceased wife saying her name, "Catherine Whiting." Ever since her death in 2005, listening to the recording offered the man a small amount of comfort. However, when his service was upgraded earlier this year, the message was lost. More »

6:40 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Sean Fallon
15,671 views, 63 comments

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Sprint Licenses Visual Voicemail, Can Use It Without Being Sued

When I groped Sprint's Instinct at CTIA and was flipping through the features, one of the reps made sure to show me visual voicemail—a necessity for any device taking on the iPhone. Apparently, he didn't just mean visual voicemail in the generic sense, it's the real, patented deal, licensed from Klausner—who's currently suing the balls off of Apple and AT&T for patent infringement. Smart move, since they'll likely win the suit, given that RIM, AOL and Vonage, among others have also paid to license the patent. Course, the Instinct's still no iPhone-killer. [Forbes, Thanks John]

1:55 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
4,845 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: its not visual voicemail unless you can READ it. SimulScribe came out with visual voicemail you can Read and listen to way before the iPhone even came out. free trail on their site simulscribe.com more »

ace attorney needed

Apple and AT&T Sued Over Visual Voicemail Patents, Will Probably Lose

Klausner Technologies, a patent holding firm founded by the inventor of the PDA, is suing Apple and AT&T for $360 million for infringing on its patents with visual voicemail. Its patents cover selectively retrieving messages from a menu displaying the caller's name, number, etc. Yes, they have on patent on that entire concept. Lending credibility to their claim, the suit's filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the McDonald's of patent suits, complete with a drive-thru window. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Matt Buchanan
6,348 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: As I recall, NeXT (Steve Jobs' post-Apple-pre-Apple company) shipped with an email client that included a voice message from the man himself. If that's not prior art, I don't know what is! more »

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AT&T Apparently Offering Non-iPhone Plans to iPhone Users (As Promised)

Electronista reports that if you get AT&T on the horn and threaten to cancel because of slow or unused iPhone Internet capabilites, they might try to strike up a secret deal: $40 a month for 450 minutes and 5,000 night-and-weekend minutes. Wi-Fi works but there's no mobile data. Also, you kiss Visual Voicemail and those 200 SMS messages good-bye, but you do save 20 bucks. Hmmm, that sounds suspiciously like AT&T's 450-minute Nation plan. Could this be fulfillment of Apple's original promise? More »

8:00 PM on Mon Jul 16 2007
By kevinhall2
7,481 views, 11 comments

Latest by targatop: I use my existing family plan with our two iPhones and it's relatively cheap. I guess this only affects new iPhone users? more »

golden apple

Tallying Up the iPhone's Cost of Ownership

AT&T's three service plans for the iPhone are helping us whittle away speculation and figure out just how much the smartphone will set campers and callers back. Assuming you stay with AT&T, that is, and decide not to eat the $175 cancellation fee. More »

10:59 AM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By gizmodo.com
16,155 views, 39 comments

cellphones

Voicemail Keystroke Cheat Sheet

Don't you hate that long intro that carriers make you listen to when you check your voicemail? It eats up minutes, and you know that the carriers make it intentionally long-winded to nickel and dime you even more than they already do. More »

8:40 PM on Fri Apr 20 2007
By Adam Frucci
5,304 views, 17 comments

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SpinVox Winds Your Voicemails into Text For Easy Reading

We had a brief chat with a SpinVox co-founder today and he told us all about this speech-to-text service. SpinVox, when integrated with a cellphone or landline provider, can take your voicemail messages and automatically transcribe them into text that gets sent to your email or your phone as a text message. More »

9:00 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Jason Chen
3,068 views, 16 comments

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Get Visual Voicemail Without the iPhone

If the iPhone visual voicemail feature is the one thing you're most looking forward to, then check out callwave. By redirecting your voicemail to their free voicemail service, you can access any of your voicemails at any time (from your computer). There's even a widget version (OS X and Yahoo) that lets you hear messages in any order you like. More »

8:15 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Jason Chen
7,267 views, 19 comments

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Gizmodo Friends: SimulScribe Features Us in their Booth

SimulScribe, the voicemail-transcribing software company that FrucciModo told you about back in November, featured the post and our logo on a slideshow playing at their booth. Myself and Charlie were practically mauled when they saw us walk by (I think it is because of our sexiness) because apparently you folks click links that we post (whoda thunk it). Nevertheless, thanks for the love, SimulScribe. –Travis Hudson More »

8:17 PM on Wed Jan 10 2007
By Travis Hudson
125 views, Comment

cellphones

Simulscribe: Check Voicemail Without Your Phone

Simulscribe is a new service that will transcribe your voicemails and email them to you so you don't have to go through the torturous hassle of pressing 1 on your cell phone, punching in your password, and then listening to your messages. Let's get more efficient here, people. More »

6:24 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
2,486 views, 7 comments

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How Paris Hilton Haxored Lindsay Lohan: The Cingular Voicemail Vulnerability

We're not sure if Paris used this particular service, but by using the Jajah web interface you can "hack" into someone else's voicemail. Intrigued? Good. Maybe this will get Cingular to fix their phone system. More »

3:40 PM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Jason Chen
1,830 views, 17 comments