YouMail Announces Free Visual Voicemail BlackBerry Application

Visual Voicemail Plus Offers Advanced Features for Faster and Easier Voicemail
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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- YouMail, Inc.
(http://www.youmail.com), the mobile industry's premier consumer voicemail
service, today announced the availability of Visual Voicemail Plus, its free,
visual voicemail application for BlackBerry phones including the Pearl, Curve,
Bold and Storm. This application provides BlackBerry users with access to un-
matched visual voicemail that works in conjunction with YouMail's desktop
visual voicemail service on their mobile phone or online.
"Visual voicemail is only a small portion of what voicemail needs to and
can do," said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail. "YouMail's Visual Voicemail Plus
allows BlackBerry users to enjoy the speed and convenience of visual
voicemail, for free, in addition to having access to all of the other
voicemail enhancements in YouMail's award winning voicemail service."
YouMail's time-saving Visual Voicemail Plus, gives BlackBerry clients
access to a voicemail inbox right on their mobile phone. Useful features
include the ability for consumers to do the following: * Quickly and
easily scroll through incoming voicemail messages to see
relevant caller information including caller name, time of call, and
length of message
* Play voicemails by simply clicking on them
* Easily share and forward voicemails as an email or post to a blog or
social networking sites using a simple cut and paste feature
* Delete, archive or save voicemails, forever
In addition, customers that currently use YouMail's free and premium
transcription services will also be able to read their voicemails directly
from the new application, saving even more time. This feature lets users,
have anytime access to voicemail, even in situations where playing or
listening to a voicemail is not an option, such as when in a meeting.
Further, BlackBerry customers also have access to additional YouMail features,
including access to their voicemail online when they're near a desktop
computer, personalized greetings for every caller, the YouMail greetings
community, and community-based or personalized voicemail filtering.
"We're extremely pleased about where we've come in terms of pushing the
limits of what users can get out of visual voicemail and are happy to offer an
unparalleled visual voicemail experience to customers at no cost," said
Quilici. "This application streamlines the visual voicemail experience for all
BlackBerry phone users, and it a valuable tool for anyone who wants to get
through their voicemails more quickly and efficiently."
YouMail's Visual Voicemail Plus application for BlackBerry phones will
initially be available to customers running BlackBerry O/S version 4.3 or
later on T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T Wireless phones. To access
YouMail's free, downloadable, native application, users can go to
http://m.youmail.com on a BlackBerry device or visit
http://www.youmail.com/mobile online. BlackBerry users who are not existing
YouMail customers can then sign up using their BlackBerry device and activate
YouMail directly from the visual voicemail application.
YouMail's BlackBerry application was built entirely on top of its open
API. The API allows developers to write their own applications that extend
YouMail's offerings to handset applications, browser plug ins, widgets, and
more. Further, the API provides revenue opportunities for developers through
YouMail's affiliate program. This API is a first among existing voicemail
applications and takes YouMail from a stand-alone service to a mobile
platform. The open API is now in limited beta and to participate in the
limited beta program, developers can contact YouMail with suggested
application project details at api@youmail.com.
About YouMail
YouMail provides a free, completely customizable cell phone voicemail
service that makes its users communications easier and more productive.
YouMail users can choose whether to retrieve their voicemail online, in e-
mail, via visual voicemail or transcription on their mobile phone, or by
calling in; whether to listen to or read their messages; how they are notified
about new voicemail; which callers get which greetings and when; and even
which callers can leave voicemail. YouMail provides an ad-supported free
service, as well as premium services, including voice to text transcription.
The YouMail service is being adopted rapidly by consumers, especially
mobile professionals, and the company has a growing set of distribution
partnerships with wireless carriers. YouMail, Inc., headquartered in Aliso
Viejo, CA, was founded in January, 2007. The company is backed by Vantage
Point Venture Partners and Tech Coast Angels. To learn more and sign up for
the free YouMail service, go to http://www.youmail.com. Inquiries regarding
YouMail should be directed to youmail@sparkpr.com.
SOURCE YouMail, Inc.

Press, Marni Greenberg of Sparkpr for YouMail, +1-415-321-1879,
marni@sparkpr.com