Sprint offering YouMail visual voicemail service to BlackBerry and Android smartphone users for free
By Dusan Belic on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 4:58 AM PST In Android, BlackBerry OS, Services, Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) users with BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) and Android smartphones can now use YouMail-powered visual voicemail service free of charge. You know how it works, right? Just like on the iPhone, plus more:
- You can scroll through incoming voicemail messages to see caller information including caller name, time of call, and length of message
- Play voicemails by simply clicking on them
- Share and forward voicemails as an email or post to a blog
- Delete, archive or save voicemails, forever
In order to use YouMail on your phone, you’ll need the YouMail application. Search for it in the BlackBerry App World or Android Market, depending which device you use. Then go to YouMail’s website, sign up for a YouMail account and follow the brief instructions for forwarding unanswered calls to YouMail. It’s that easy. 
It was already free. I have had it for almost a year.
Well, now it’s official.
Last I checked you were charged $0.20 / minute for all forwarded calls on Sprint.
But the app has always been free.
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