Who's that reading your voice mail? Voice mail is undergoing changes. Soon a celebrity, avatar or even your children will be delivering visual voice mail.(Technology)

Wireless Week, May, 2005 by Smith, Brad

Voice mail, that necessary but sometimes reviled application, has been around more than two decades in pretty much the same form. That's Ring enough that many Americans have never been without it. But now the technology is ready for a change. Everyone knows the voice mail drill, whether you're the one who dials in to retrieve voice mails or the one who is leaving them.

We all know the right buttons to push and when. But many of the companies involved in wireless voice mail are starting to change that model--making voice mail visual. It's about time for a change, says Mark Lowenstein, analyst with Mobile Ecosystem. As useful as it may be, he says, voice mail is a creature unto itself, alone in its own silo. "You can't really do anything with a...

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