Comments on: Voicemail Is Dying & Google Voice Will Change The World!

By: Heady

Heady — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:18:26 +0000

Please no voicemail. Text me or email me. I rarely check my voicemail on a daily basis. I do check it but like Scott I have already spoken with everyone that left the message. I will be checking out this Google Voice. I saw this somewhere but never really looked into it.

By: amooyoung

amooyoung — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:27:22 +0000

I’m all for Google Voice! I hate checking voicemail and that’s the same reason why I rarely leave one as well. The majority of people who need to reach me will probably do so by texting (their version of leaving a message). I do think it’s necessary in certain professional circumstances, so I think it’ll stick around for a little while longer ;o)

By: jimmy paravane

jimmy paravane — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:03:39 +0000

Email isn’t dying, it’s simply going to text. I email my stepdaughter from my AIM name and she gets it as a text message on her LG Vue. And I get an IM back from her phone number.
Dang you kids and yer new fangled technology! (grin)

By: Ryon Kaopuiki

Ryon Kaopuiki — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:08:10 +0000

I’m with you on Google Voice. In my opinion, and business needs aside, it comes down to the comfort we have in being able to CONTROL our communication. Technology has given us more control over choosing who, when, where, how, and why we communicate with people. Also, how LONG we’re engaged in those interactions. There are people in my life I could talk with all day, and others I’d prefer a 140 character tweet from instead. Inherently, we all have a desire to control as much as we can (or at least feel like we do) and a simple thing like the Googe Voice product will allow us to have a bit more perceived control over this aspect of our lives.

Unlike Bill, I was able to jump aboard the Grand Central train before Google took over, but have yet to fully utilize it to it’s full potential. I’m getting there though.

By: Bill Wolfe

Bill Wolfe — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:30:29 +0000

Google Voice and the idea of unified communications on the cell phone will definitely be big. There are a lot of other UC providers/services on the market right now, but I have a feeling with Google getting into the game the rise of use will become much more heavy.

I tried to score an account with Grand Central when I heard Google Voice was announced, but couldn’t get an account.

I CANNOT STAND voicemail. Hate it. Hardly ever check it, but with clients I need to try and keep up with it. Even email is starting to go that route, but I prefer it so much more than voicemail. Tweet me or text me anytime over voice. Makes me wonder though about our society going “less personal”, but hey, that’s a whole other subject!

Have a great day Scott.

By: Robert.Davis

Robert.Davis — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:27:23 +0000

“Did you get my voicemail?” No usually not. If I don’t reach someone I will usually immediately send them a message. I am hearing more and more people on their voicemail have as their message, I’m not very good at this voicemail thing so shoot me a text or email.Looking fwd to checking out Google Voice. A little skeptical since the G phone hasn’t had the predicted impact.

By: Ms.Momentum

Ms.Momentum — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:26:26 +0000

I hadn’t noticed this change, but over time I have started to do some of the same things as you. I returned missed calls and text messages much faster than voice mails. A lot of voice mail messages simply say “Call me back please”. I already do that because of the missed call. A lot of people have stopped leaving me messages because they now I will most likely call them back before I ever listen. If they happen to call me before I call them, instead of hearing “did you listen to my message” I hear more people say “did you see that I called” It will indeed be interesting to see how much Google Voice changes things.