Verizon Visual Voicemail is a Go
Kicking things off with the LG Voyager, Verizon Wireless has just gone live with its visual voicemail service. No doubt inspired by the iPhone though Apple was hardly the first to introduce such a service (just ask its legal team), Verizon’s new service allows users to listen to voicemail messages by navigating through a visual representation of their voicemail inbox. In a nutshell, it marries voicemail and a call log. So what sets Verizon’s offering apart from third-party alternatives? For one thing, it’s cheap! At $3 per month, Verizon’s service is a fraction of the price of services like PhoneTag which charge $9.99 per month or more. Of course PhoneTag also transcribes voicemails and that is the core value of its offering, whereas Verizon’s service doesn’t quite go there. For your $3 you can store up to 40 messages for a maximum of 40 days and create up to 10 caller ID-based greetings. As for the implementation, the UI won’t be winning any American Design Awards any time soon but at that price you pretty much can’t go wrong. So if you’ve got a Voyager and you’re game to check out Verizon’s offering, the first thing you have to do is check your firmware version. VX10KV09 or later are ready to roll but if you’ve got something older you’ll need to drop by your local Verizon store for an upgrade.
[Via AppleInsider]
Tags: LG, Services, Verizon, Visual Voicemail, Voyager, Wireless
well this took too long for another carrier to get this out.
and I hate looking and seeing 1 minute messages Jack, Jack and John on this screenshot would only get about 10 seconds then I would delete.
No long messages people.
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Cheap? More like too expensive, this is another nickle and dime you to death Verizon ploy. Not to mention that they would have never done this to begin with if it weren’t for the Iphone.
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Completely nickel and dime. The real question is how integrated can Android phones be with the telecom provider. If so, we’ll see a bunch of handsets that finally free us from absurd charges for text messaging (as opposed to free emails with a data plan), etc.
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How would this the likes of getting nickel and dimed? lets be realistic, 3 bucks for VVM, its a feature, not a necessity, and if you think it comes “Free” with an iPhone your crazy, you pay 30 bucks a month for that Feature, along with the others the phone has to offer, wake up i don’t think 3 bucks a month will crush anyone’s wallets..
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Yup, I concur this is just another way for Verizon to extract more from us on a monthly basis. As if their plans weren’t already some of the most expensive.
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You guys are crazy. There is a reason why verizon is the most profitable and stable wireless carrier with the best network. If you
want a premium service, then skip that cup of starbucks one day a month and BAM!!! you just paid for your visuall voicemail. Plus if
you get a lot of voicemails, this could save you a ton of time, which is also worth $3/month.
Verizon shouldn’t give away everything for free. This is a great service, and $3 is a fair price. And I’ll bet any of you that att
will soon be charging for any visual voicemail service they offer.
Get off your high horses and realize that cell companies are business TO MAKE MONEY. Not give everything away. You want to know what
happens when you give away the farm? Take a look at Sprints recent
numbers….
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Hey I agree with you guys. why do u buy a Mercedes, BMW, Audi and pay extra…just buy a Hyundai. If you want better service you have to pay a little more.
And DavidB Verizon and AT&T almost have similar plans, so why does Verizon get the blame?
And I am sure if you just wanna save some money go to T-mobile and keep searching for signal.(nothing personal)
Plus i believe that if you guys wanna save $3 you might as well not use Verizon and try going with AT&T and see how their extra charges hit you when you receive your bill (not to forget the horrible customer service).
Don’t blame Verizon cuz its making some money, look at it as a premium cell phone service provider.
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@cwcanty
Are you serious or did you just fall off of the potato truck? The reason why Verzion keeps screwing their customers is because guys like you bend over willingly — grease in hand. It’s true what they say — you can’t rape the willing. If you think $3/mo is a good deal for something AT&T provides free of charge right now, then I have an Elvis Presley plate collection you might be willing to spend your retirement on. The plates aren’t worth piss right now, but I think I can convince the Easter Bunny to throw in the Brooklyn Bridge for you.
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Just to add something….if you go to Verizon website this service is being offered for $0.00.
Now you guys will change your point of view?????
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Well why don’t you keep looking for the free stuff always…because when AT&T screws you over with the bill and never take care of it you will pay a big price. Don’t hate on people who don’t mind getting better service and don’t cry for few bucks. And as it says VZ is providing it for FREE as well, so what do you have to say now?
so go talk to the Easter bunny i guess…..
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It lists $2.99 as far as I see….
http://support.vzw.com/features/calling_features/visual_voice_mail.html
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http://products.vzw.com/index.aspx?id=fnd_toolsapps_detail&appId=3109611
Free here!!!!
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Talked to VZW and they stated the software is a free download, but there is a 2.99 a month service fee to use it. It should state such when you first download and install said software.
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More annoying is the fact that what you see is not what you get. Considering that the software currently works on Voyager phones it’s annoying that the interface is only able to be displayed horizontally. I’d much prefer something that I’m going to be scrolling though to be displayed vertical to display more at once.
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Fusion Vmail plus for BB anyone….free anyone. anyone?
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They just started having visual voicemail. I think this is a cool and easy-to-use feature. The iPhone had it first, and now they added it to the titanium voyager. I highly recommend the voyager it has many features.
Thanks.
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