Friday, September 12, 2008

MessageSling Moves Your Plain Phone's Voicemail to the Web [Voicemail]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/388612783/messagesling-moves-your-plain-phones-voicemail-to-the-web

Newly-launched voicemail service MessageSling takes over your standard cell phone's voicemail and replaces it with one you can control from the web. Once you've signed up and typed in a single forwarding string to activate your MessageSling mail, you can see your voicemails in a Gmail-style inbox, listen to them in an embedded player, and label, archive, and search them later. The service promises voice-to-text translation in the near future, and can get emails with MP3 messages or SMS alerts about new voicemails (useful if you're the type to leave your phone on silent). Right now, it's a lower-level counterpoint to GrandCentral, but one that doesn't require a number switch and can be easily turned on or off. MessageSling is free to use, with (seemingly) unlimited storage.