It's Confirmed, No Visual Voicemail - Page 7

chodaboy · 07/31/2009, 12:31 PM

I have never had Visual Voice Mail, so I am sure I do not completely "get it". However, unless there is some sort of standard way of interacting with a carrier's voice mail system, Visual Voice Mail would be a custom app for THAT carrier. I imagine a carrier specific app may not be the highest one on Palm's list (especially if they are about to release the Pre in other countries on other carriers) and Sprint may not be ready to write this on their own. (Although the Sprint Developer Conference is very encouraging.) As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, a Visual Voice Mail app would need to interact fairly deeply with the phone and the carrier's network/system.

Wouldn't it be nifty if there was a global carrier-agnostic standard for this type of thing? The carriers could implement this standard so app/phone developers would not need to customize these types of apps.

SkinFlaps · 07/31/2009, 01:01 PM

Visual voicemail on the Pre would be great. Luckily, even if Palm doesn't incorporate it into their OS, there a a few developers out there who have some good VVM apps. I used YouMail for a while with my BB and it was great.

logie · 07/31/2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinFlaps

Visual voicemail on the Pre would be great. Luckily, even if Palm doesn't incorporate it into their OS, there a a few developers out there who have some good VVM apps. I used YouMail for a while with my BB and it was great.

Yeah, but with sprint's forwarding costs it's just not economical.

sportstx80 · 07/31/2009, 03:54 PM

I don't understand the choice not to include visual voicemail. Seems like a no-brainer

twizardt · 07/31/2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sportstx80

I don't understand the choice not to include visual voicemail. Seems like a no-brainer

That's exactly why it's not included!

Kupe · 07/31/2009, 08:29 PM

Google Voice is the way to go for voicemail needs. It not only provides free visual voicemail (with visual/audio, text, and/or email alerts), but it sends email or SMS texts with voicemail messages transcribed. It marries the old world of voicemail with the new world of texting.

Brianzedge · 08/01/2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kupe

Google Voice is the way to go for voicemail needs. It not only provides free visual voicemail (with visual/audio, text, and/or email alerts), but it sends email or SMS texts with voicemail messages transcribed. It marries the old world of voicemail with the new world of texting.

That's precisely what I wanted to know!

07/31/2009, 12:31 PM	#121 (permalink)
chodaboy Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 776 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 92 Thanked 44 Times in 34 Posts	I have never had Visual Voice Mail, so I am sure I do not completely "get it". However, unless there is some sort of standard way of interacting with a carrier's voice mail system, Visual Voice Mail would be a custom app for THAT carrier. I imagine a carrier specific app may not be the highest one on Palm's list (especially if they are about to release the Pre in other countries on other carriers) and Sprint may not be ready to write this on their own. (Although the Sprint Developer Conference is very encouraging.) As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, a Visual Voice Mail app would need to interact fairly deeply with the phone and the carrier's network/system. Wouldn't it be nifty if there was a global carrier-agnostic standard for this type of thing? The carriers could implement this standard so app/phone developers would not need to customize these types of apps.
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07/31/2009, 01:01 PM	#122 (permalink)
SkinFlaps Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lake St. Louis, MO Posts: 210 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 34 Thanked 42 Times in 12 Posts	Visual voicemail on the Pre would be great. Luckily, even if Palm doesn't incorporate it into their OS, there a a few developers out there who have some good VVM apps. I used YouMail for a while with my BB and it was great.
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07/31/2009, 03:54 PM	#124 (permalink)
sportstx80 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't understand the choice not to include visual voicemail. Seems like a no-brainer
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07/31/2009, 08:29 PM	#126 (permalink)
Kupe Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 3,786 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 370 Thanked 372 Times in 238 Posts	Google Voice is the way to go for voicemail needs. It not only provides free visual voicemail (with visual/audio, text, and/or email alerts), but it sends email or SMS texts with voicemail messages transcribed. It marries the old world of voicemail with the new world of texting.
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