iPhone Effect: Verizon Launches Visual Voicemail Service
Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of Visual Voicemail to users of their LG Voyager handset. The move comes, oh, 15 months (give or take) after AT&T launched the first visual vm service in America on the Apple iPhone. Timing aside, this is a good thing - cell phones may have been invented to help people contact one another when away from home, but we all know Caller ID was the true revolutionary advancement in telecom technology. Knowing who's calling so you can decide who's worth talking to? Now that's helpful. Visual Voicemail basically acts as Caller ID for your Inbox, amongst other things.
Is it free? Can I get it on my EnV2 or Chocolate 3? I'll quote from the VZW press release:
Verizon Wireless customers can find the Visual Voice Mail application on the Messaging menu under option 6 on their Voyager by LG phones. Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access, per line, plus airtime or megabyte charges and messaging fees, depending on a customer’s plan. Customers should take their Voyager by LG phones to any Verizon Wireless Communications Store to receive the free software update. Verizon Wireless expects to offer Visual Voice Mail on additional devices in the coming months. Fetch me more...Quickly jump to more information about related topics, cell phones, carriers or phone manufacturers mentioned in this Blog Article by using the links below. Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...By popular demand, three of Verizon's VCAST messaging phones go head to head. Noah takes a look at the LG Voyager, Samsung Glyde, and LG EnV2. Part two focuses on features and functionality. And Dan Patrick, check your email, man. I've got an offer for you. By popular demand, three of Verizon's VCAST messaging phones go head to head. Noah takes a look at the LG Voyager, Samsung Glyde, and LG EnV2. Part one focuses on form factor. And Dan Patrick, check your email, man. Noah's got an offer for you. Check out Noah's sneak peak at Verizon's Voyager and Venus smartphones scheduled for release this November It's been a little while and the mailbag is overflowing! Let's get right to it:
John asks:Hey Noah, I am thinking of getting a new phone on the Verizon network. Currently I have a Samsung Alias. I want to get a phone that has stellar messaging capabilities, like good email support for mutliple accounts, twitter, IM (AIM), and facebook with good web browsing, also. I am thinking of getting a Blackberry Curve, what else do you suggest?... Verizon Wireless today launched the LG Voyager Titanium, a modest refresh to their flagship VCAST Messaging device. The new Voyager features support for VZW's new Visual Voicemail service and VCAST Music with Rhapsody for compatibility with Rhapsody's over the air music store. The new Voyager otherwise seems to be the same as the original,
featuring a clamshell design with an exterior touchscreen and interior
secondary display and... Engadget Mobile's got a photo of the Verizon LG Voyager with titanium
trim. They say it's gonna be available tomorrow from VZW via phone and
Web, though it may not show up in retail outlets for a bit longer.
What they - and I - don't know is if Titanium + Visual Voicemail =
Voyager Refresh, or if there's actually a new, newer Voyager 2 in the
works as has been rumored.
I can tell you three things here:The only way Verizon is... I was thinking earlier about all of the new phones that have hit the market over the past several months and decided it was high time to do a little Summer Round-Up of what's out on the market now, in case you're looking to pick up a new cellie. I'll try to throw in what I know about phones that might be coming soon in hopes of helping you avoid the dreaded buyer's remorse that comes when something newer and cooler gets released the day... yfz450lrd from YouTube asks:
Would you say the dare is better than the iphone and the voyager? Thanks for your time, your reviews are awesome!Noah answers:
Thanks for the email and the kind words - glad you like the reviews.I'm going to do a review comparing Dare to iPhone and Voyager. It's hard to say which is "better" - it comes down to personal preferences and network coverage. Dare and Voyager run on Verizon which in many... Q. Which device do you like better Noah, the Samsung Glyde or the LG Voyager?
A. Voyager is bigger to carry around but much easier to use. If you want a small, cool phone that you'll use mainly only for calls and texting, Glyde will work and I love how small it is. But if you plan to also use the Web and the VCAST music and video features, you might find Glyde frustrating - I know I did. Check 'em out in person, as I... Hey ThereFor a VZW messaging phone, your options right now are:AliasEnV2GlydeVoyagerI think that's it unless you want to go to smartphone land, which you don't. It's early in the morning, so I may have forgotten something ;-) Anyway, you said you don't like the u740/alias -- In order to choose a new phone you have to decide what you want out of it. Looking ONLY at features, I'd say that Voyager is the best of the bunch - it... personally, i have the LG VX 8700 right now, and i am about to get the Dare, but anyways, i would not get the LG VX8700 because it can lag sometimes and (from what i have experienced) just close/shutdown by itself. Considering your uses, i would go with the LG Voyager for its full QWERTY keyboard, or the LG Dare because of the virtual QWERTY keyboard, and the unique/cool features.hope this helps... First of all, I have a LG voyager from Verizon and found out many cool tricks:
If hold the volume control on the left down, it will turn off all sounds (puts the phone in silent mode); vice versa if you hold the volume button up.
If you hold the clear button in the middle (between the send and end keys on the front), you can record a new sound instead of having to go to the menu and get it now. however, if you just click the clear... |
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