Verizon Wireless Offers Visual Voice Mail

Verizon Wireless today introduced Visual Voice Mail, an application that manages voice mail on phones. Available initially on the LG Voyager, users can delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without listening to prior messages or voice instructions, making it a more effective way to manage and respond to messages. Visual Voice Mail lists voice mail messages with date and time of receipt and message duration. When a caller leaves a new voice mail, it pops up, alerting users of the new message. From the display, customers can call back, reply, forward, add to contacts, and archive message (to internal or external memory). Users can store 40 messages for 40 days, double the storage and retention time of Basic Voice Mail. In addition, they can create up to 10 greetings, 20 distribution lists and 50 distribution members to receive messages. "Voice mail plays a large role in how customers conduct business," said Mike Willsey, Director for Marketing of Verizon Wireless. "With Visual Voice Mail, we're able to offer customers more options to help them better prioritize voice mail messages." Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access, per line, plus airtime or megabyte charges and messaging fees, depending on the plan. Customers should take their LG Voyager to a Verizon Wireless store to receive the free software update. Visual Voice Mail will be offered on additional devices in the coming months. Released for Verizon Wireless, the LG Voyager is the first handset with both interactive touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. Sporting a large external touch-screen, the Voyager opens laterally to reveal a full QWERTY keypad, giving customers a choice on how they access the phone's features. The innovative LG Voyager comes packed with services including full VCAST-capabilities such as VCAST Mobile TV, VCAST Music, with the ability to play MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC files, and VCAST Video. These capabilities, coupled with high-speed wireless broadband access, make downloading music on-the-go quick and easy. The Voyager takes users where they want to go with a music player, dual speakers for stereo sound, Bluetooth, and a 2.0-megapixel camera and camcorder.

LG Voyager Features
* Large 2.81-inch external touch screen with VibeTouch technology for tactile feedback
QWERTY keyboard with large, widely spaced keys for easy messaging
* Watch full-length broadband quality shows with phone open or closed
* Retractable TV antenna for enhanced TV reception
* HTML web browsing with touch navigation and bookmarks
* Integrated 2.0-megapixel autofocus camera with landscape viewfinder usage for a real camera feel, external display for self-portraits, Image Editor with zoom, rotate, and crop, and customizable brightness, white balance, shutter sound, color effects, night mode, photometry, self-timer, and autofocus
* Expandable microSD memory port with 8 GB support