Voicemail application within phone app?

[nickdu]

Just got a 928 for my son. Having him test it out. I'm thinking about getting one soon, or waiting for the 929. I was surprised to find out that what I guess people call visual voicemail on the iPhone is something that apple did itself, storing on the voice messages on their own servers. Looks like I need to pay Verizon $2.99/mo. in order to get something similar. I think it's worth it so I signed up. From what I can tell it's a separate application on the windows phone, called voicemail. I ran it, it works fine and seems like what I'm looking for. The one downside is that I want it embedded within the phone application. Is this possible? Seems a bit odd to have to go to a separate application, meaning other than the phone app, to get my voicemail.

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Laura Knotek]

Maybe that's a Verizon thing. I have AT&T, and Visual Voicemail is free and integrated within the phone app.

 

[ratsttam]

Maybe that's a Verizon thing. I have AT&T, and Visual Voicemail is free and integrated within the phone app.

Sprint was the same way, a separate app that just didn't work right. I just switched to t-mobile, and in the phone tile, I just swipe to the side and the history list changes to the voice mail list. No dialing into it, no separate app, it's already there, and shows the "tape" voice mail indicator on the tile if there is a message waiting. It's all in how your carrier sets it up.

 

[nickdu]

It's all in how your carrier sets it up.

So the carrier is the one who writes the phone app?

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Laura Knotek]

So the carrier is the one who writes the phone app?

Thanks,
Nick

No, the carrier doesn't write the phone app. However, different carriers offer services differently. I cannot comment on Verizon services, since I've never used Verizon, and nobody in my family uses Verizon.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Sprint was the same way, a separate app that just didn't work right. I just switched to t-mobile, and in the phone tile, I just swipe to the side and the history list changes to the voice mail list. No dialing into it, no separate app, it's already there, and shows the "tape" voice mail indicator on the tile if there is a message waiting. It's all in how your carrier sets it up.

Maybe the separate apps are a CDMA carrier thing.