Comments on: Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry shows up in AT&T OLAM system

By: Charles M

Charles M — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:26:18 +0000

I’ve got VV working but when playing media I get:

Cannot play media while Visual Voice Mail is active.

By: Nick P

Nick P — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:39:17 +0000

For anyone having the “provisioning unsuccessful” error, here’s what worked for me.

1. I switched my plan option to Visual Voicemail on ATT’s website.

2. Downloaded all the updates through desktop manager (I doubt it matters which method you use for this step.)

3. The visual voicemail icon appeared, but said “provisioning unsuccessful” once the app was opened.

4. CALLED MY VOICEMAIL NUMBER and went through the set up process again. Specified a new password.

5. Launched visual voicemail app. Entered new password. Seems to be working now.

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:57:14 +0000

Due to a new corporate policy, I was just forced to downgrade from an iPhone to a Blackberry Bold this week – I can’t believe BB’s don’t have this feature yet. It’s like stepping back into the 90s.

By: mjkamdar

mjkamdar — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:35:43 +0000

very good question.. when?

By: marc

marc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:51:26 +0000

anyone have an idea of when this is going to come out?

By: mjkamdar

mjkamdar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:48:21 +0000

Still no att blackberry visual voicemail… wonder what’s the hold up.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:37:20 +0000

Ok, so I just upgraded my Blackberry to a bold last month, and I am getting a text (SMS) message every time I have a voice mail. Does anyone know how\where to turn this off? It is very annoying, as it is another freakin thing I have to delete, in addition tot he voice mail message, which half the time is my office ssytem calling to tell me I ahve a voice mail there.

Plus I don’t want to pay for these texts.

By: humphreyc

humphreyc — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:39:48 +0000

as a side note I happen to see the icon also on a Blackberry Storm within the Verizon store yesterday and was informed that it’s available there for an extra $2.99 a month. It’s too bad that they Rim/Verizon chose to charge for something that Apple already provides for free.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:14:47 +0000

May 1st… still no visual voicemail for Blackberry on AT&T.

By: humphreyc

humphreyc — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:14:42 +0000

It’s 4/26 and still not available. Bummers, I have the option on my Bold. Anyone have any updated eta for this feature?

By: mjkamdar

mjkamdar — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:54:29 +0000

I wonder when this will be available????

By: nore03

nore03 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:23:29 +0000

Great! I posted this 3 days ago on crackberry. BGR stole my pic…..

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:32:23 +0000

noticed today on by ATT BB bold that voicemail notifications are also rolling in as SMS text notifcations in addition to the little voice mail icon on the main screen. anyone seeing this change today?

By: Mr. Hi-Definition

Mr. Hi-Definition — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:40:48 +0000

I hope it stays free. I wouldn’t mind rockin’ some visual vm on my Bold but I’m definitely not going to pay for it.

By: Trendkiller

Trendkiller — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:33:35 +0000

You’ll see BVVM when ATT rolls out .226. ATT still has .167 as their OS of choice.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:13:16 +0000

Ill give you TMo is cheaper but verizon are you kidding there prices are insane. There not waiting on rim the visual voice mail is already out. When you open the app is say that provisioning is unsuccessful contact your provider.

By: David Thande

David Thande — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Duh!

And now you can show all those envious 4th Graders you have a iphone!

Wait so do they? And what’s that? They better at working it because the OS recognizes their tiny fingers in comparison to your chubby fingers?

Yes remember an iphone is a toy, not a smart phone….

By: CountryMud

CountryMud — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:35:28 +0000

@Maikel: I have AT*T so I can say this – have you noticed the prices for everything else are astronomical compared to TMo and Verizon?
Voice plans, txt messaging, internet… Everythings higher…

By: mjkamdar

mjkamdar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:20:44 +0000

According to my conversation with ATT they said this is something that will definitely be used in the future but don’t know when. They’re supposedly waiting for RIM to release software updates to support BVVM. But only time will tell.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:25:10 +0000

I logged in to att to show this feature to a friend and now its not there.

By: Maikel

Maikel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:54:40 +0000

That’s why I love AT&T. They don’t try to bleed their customers for money like Verizon does. A feature like that seems natural to be a free service ’cause it is so convenient unlike the traditional way of accessing voicemail messages.
Thanks AT&T.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:55:15 +0000

There is cool beta app for blackberry from PhoneTag that transcribes the messages and sends to to the app or via email/sms. Callwave does something much like it.

By: NuShrike

NuShrike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:50:47 +0000

Some WM love some time?

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:24:36 +0000

i just spoke to an ATT CS rep and her supervisor. they both have no idea why it is on the site, and can’t even access it on their end.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:16:37 +0000

i spent 40 mins on the phone with att customer care, while she was calling bb support, att technical support spoke to her managers and supervisors who knew nothing and shows up on there system they just cant do anything with it right now, as far as the att rep told it wont be live till sometime next wk just to all bb users know have to wait again

By: Jack Tee

Jack Tee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:34:25 +0000

Not to mention, the telcos limit the number of days you can store VM mssgs. Not so with YouMail, plus with Youmail you get the cool feature of the voicemail greeting greeting your caller by name and saying that you (insert your name) are unavailable. My callers seem to get a kick out of it, especially my 81 year old Dad who wondered how the hell the woman knew it was him calling.

By: Evin R.

Evin R. — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:29:01 +0000

Thanks for dropping this in. I was hoping someone would mention this. Youmail’s offering is by far the most impressive for Blackberry. Don’t waste your money on the telco’s $hitty service.

Visit YouMail directly at http://www.youmail.com!

By: beandoc

beandoc — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:46:04 +0000

Do you think they’ll charge for BB visual voicemail since it’s not an extra fee for the iPhone?

By: TRV$

TRV$ — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:51:51 +0000

Visual Voicemail is a notification system that shows you (visual) voicemail notifications, and who left the message. Similar to SMS/MMS or E-mail notifications.

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:45:58 +0000

what is visual voicemail ?