Leave me a voicemail...Web/Telephany mashup!
What do you do when the company your friend works for releases it's new API? You find something silly to do with it and that's exactly what I did. Come leave me a voicemail.

Visual Voicemail Without An iPhone or Cingular.
Ever since the introduction of the iPhone at this year's MacWorld, people have been raving about its seemingly never-ending feature set. Well now, one of the iPhone's most anticipated features - "Visual Voicemail" is available to anyone with a mobile phone.

Transfer Voicemails to Your Computer
Have you ever wanted to truly save a voicemail? Now you can have it as an MP3 forever. Follow these 6 simple instructions and you can save all of your voicemails from any provider. No data cable or microphone is needed.

Tom Cruise left Beckham 18 voicemails in under an hour
Desperate to have Victoria Beckham join his wacky religion, Tom left 18 messages in one hour on her voicemail.

Apple's iPhone fixes voicemail
There are three major problems with traditional voicemail, Apple’s solution gets around all that, providing a simple visual interface for voicemail. That's not revolutionary; a lot of companies (including one that I used to work for) have tried to fix voicemail.

Jaxtr: Link your phone to your webpage.
Jaxtr users place a widget on their website. Others can then call the user by entering their own phone number. The caller’s phone rings, and then the other party’s phone rings. Then you have a phone conversation. Jaxtr also allows people to send the publisher a text message or just send them a voicemail directly.

GotVoice makes voicemail fun and functional
You may have read my blog post title and said to yourself, "Yeah right, how can voicemail be fun?" Well, I met with the folks at GotVoice on Friday and learned all about the post-beta version of GotVoice that was just released a few hours ago and have to say that I think you will enjoy your voicemail with GotVoice.

Okami sounds perfect for voicemail, text or email notification.
We've seen great sound effects from Major Nelson such as the Crackdown "agility orb" and the "achievement unlocked" sound. Now I'm throwing in some great bits from Okami.

Verizon Is Only Friendly Until You Buy Something
Did anything outrageously horrible happen to this company when they tried to order a phone line? No. Were the Verizon people so incapable of doing their jobs that even a simple problem ("Hey, you forgot our voicemail!") became an epic battle for truth justice and the American way? Yes. Is this at all unusual?

Possibly the most desperate guy in need of a plumber in America.
What to see desperation and truly pathetic comical behavior? Check out this overheard "conversation", messages left on a plumber's voicemail. Guy goes through all human emotions in seconds, ending up the ultimate wimp. Really funny and sad....a place too many of us have been before.

iotum Talk-Now: Add Relevance to your Blackberry
Never again be interrupted when you are in a meeting, play phone tag with your colleagues or waste time wading through voicemail. iotum Talk-NOW empowers your Blackberry using your Calendar, Instant Messaging and personal preferences to determine how and when you receive your calls. The best thing is iotum Talk-Now is FREE. Give it a try today!