YouMail, a mobile voicemail and visual message management app, suddenly disappeared from Google’s Android Market on Thursday. The free app is still available in Apple’s iTunes Store for iOS devices, but Android users looking for the software won’t find it. Why? An apparent complaint from T-Mobile. I spoke with YouMail CEO Alex Quilici by phone after the app was pulled, and he’s understandably upset. Quilici told me he found out the app was pulled by YouMail’s user base; many of which were complaining they could no longer find the software available for their Android phone. Quilici later saw a message from Google explaining why the app was pulled: “It has come to our attention that this application could be used in a way that is harmful to devices, networks or users. Specifically, we have received a complaint from T-Mobile that this application is causing adverse network disruption. We encourage you to contact T-Mobile to negotiate a Read More

Updated. YouMail, a mobile voicemail and visual message management app, suddenly disappeared from Google’s Android Market on Thursday. The free app is still available in Apple’s iTunes Store for iOS devices, but Android users looking for the software won’t find it. Why? An apparent complaint from T-Mobile. I spoke with YouMail CEO Alex Quilici by phone after the app was pulled, and he’s understandably upset. Quilici told me he found out the app was pulled by YouMail’s user base; many of which were complaining they could no longer find the software available for their Android phone. Quilici later saw a message from Google explaining why the app was pulled: “It has come to our attention that this application could be used in a way that is harmful to devices, networks or users. Specifically, we have received a complaint from T-Mobile that this application is causing adverse network disruption. We encourage you to contact T-Mobile to negotiate a Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 | YouMail is a alternative to the iPhone’s built-in visual voicemail. It lets you listen to your voicemail on any device, computer, or email account. It also has a much a more sophisticated caller ID that includes the caller’s name and location. The above mentioned features are available for free, but for a monthly fee, you can have your voicemails transcribed into text so that you can read them instead of listen to them. This transcription is human-powered, so it is extremely accurate. If you were to ask me what I use my iPhone for, I’d spatter off at least ten different things I regularly do, but “to make calls” would not be on the list. Needless to say, I hate voicemail and would much rather someone text me than leave me a voicemail. In fact, I rarely actually listen my voicemail and instead Read More

YouMail announced hitting a major milestone, having answered 1 billion phone calls for its users, 500 million of which happened since September 2010. The YouMail platform is compatible with different smartphones, including the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. In addition, there are third-party apps that bring the company’s Visual Voicemail Plus service to Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile 6.5 and WebOS. In the other YouMail news, they received new funding that brings the overall total of equity and debt financing since 2007 to $12.5 million. The new money will be used to roll-out a network of mobile applications and services, expand the platform and accelerate growth of Visual Voicemail Plus. Participating in the latest funding were VantagePoint Capital Partners, Siemer Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels. Commenting on the news, YouMail’s CEO Alex Quilici said: “I’m proud to say this call-volume milestone means that our Visual Voicemail Plus service has answered the Read More

After the iPhone and BlackBerry, YouMail is updating its Android application, yet again making visual voicemail cooler and easier to use. One thing you’ll instantly notice is the slightly revamped user interface, which is said to be the “most responsive yet.” In addition, there are two major pieces to this update that will “completely transform” the YouMail experience for Android users: As far as I can tell, this should be enough for existing users to update, and for new users to give YouMail a try, right? In related news, YouMail has also updated its iPhone app with a number of bug fixes and new features that allow users to create folders for voicemail and reply to voicemail with an e-mail. Moreover, version 1.9.42 also brings “dramatic speed and reliability improvements.” Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is Read More

YouMail is available to post-paid mobile users in the US on all major carriers including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile. Moreover, the service can also be used to unify a user’s mobile voicemail with their voice messages from VOIP service providers such as Google Voice, MagicJack, OOMA, and Vonage. Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, May 23, 2011 | Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you! Catalogue by The Find: Browse through all your favorite store catalogs in one easy-to-use iPad app. Update includes new layouts and grids, catalogues with their real look and feel, and 40+ name brand catalogues. [Free - iTunes link] YouMail: Handier, faster, and more fun than your iPhone visual voicemail. Update brings improved greetings and caller ID search. [Free - iTunes link] Burney: A world-wide secret organization assembled a science team in order to create an endless source of energy which resulted in the creation of a small orb of fire named “Burney” that rapidly jumped out of its container on Read More

By Georgia, Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 | We told you about YouMail’s latest update on Monday, well now they’ve been so kind as to provide TiPb with ten (10) codes for YouMail Premium to pass on to… you! YouMail is handier, faster, and more fun than your iPhone visual voicemail – and free! Scroll and play like before, but on any device: iPhone, iPod, iPad, computer, or e-mail account. Enjoy visual caller ID, showing caller photos, name, and city and state. Wow callers, automatically greeting them by name. Share important voicemail easily, and save it forever, neatly organized in folders. And, for a small monthly fee, you can save time by simply reading your voicemail within the app or by e-mail, without ever having to listen to it. YouMail requires iOS 4.2 or later. Want one? Just download the free YouMail app to get a feel for it, then leave a Read More

YouMail is a voicemail replacement for your iPhone, but it's also available for Android and BlackBerry phones. It aims to give you a more efficient, share-able voicemail system across platforms. I've been testing YouMail for a couple of days, and I think the first thing people will want to know is: How is this different than Google Voice? Like Google Voice, there's a web interface for checking your voicemails. Also like Google Voice, it can "take over" voicemail from your built-in provider (in my case, that's AT&T). But YouMail has a paid version and some additional paid services that distinguish it from the mostly-free Google Voice services. Are these enough to make it worth paying for? Read on to find out. YouMail offers a handy iPhone app for getting started. You don't have to go to a website to generate an account; it's all handled within the app. It really takes Read More

YouMail launched a new version of its Visual Voicemail Plus app for iOS-powered devices. The first change you’ll notice is a completely revamped user interface, but there are also other features included as well, such as: Rest of the features remain unchanged and include massive storage (up to 100 messages with the option for get even greater storage capacity for demanding customers), premium human-powered message transcriptions and more. YouMail is available to post-paid mobile users in the US on all major carriers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Moreover, it can be used in conjunction with VoIP service providers such as Google Voice, MagicJack, OOMA and Vonage. Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone Read More

iPhone: YouMail, the custom voicemail service, has updated its iPhone application to offer push notifications of new messages, folder-organized voicemail saving, a handset/speaker switch, and many more improvements for the webapp that transcribes and saves your voicemail to the web. The main visual change in YouMail 1.5 is a ribbon across the bottom of each voicemail message that offers play, pause, store, and reply actions. In keeping with iPhone apps released since, well, the beginning, you can now delete messages with a swipe and tap, and refresh your voicemail list with a shake. The big news, of course, is that YouMail will ping your iPhone home screen when a new voicemail arrives. Intrigued by YouMail's transcription and custom voicemail offerings? Check out our transcription test-drive. YouMail is a free download for iPhones running at least 3.0 firmware; plans offering transcription range from free-but-limited to $6.99 per month. YouMail [iTunes Store (direct Read More

I admit, I was one of those to pile on ol' Ma Bell as the culprit for keeping the Google Voice app (don't I wish that was a real iTunes link) off the App Store. Restrictions on Skype and the SlingPlayer app on the iPhone had conditioned me to believe that the "game changing" iPhone had, well, a completely different set of rules applied to it by AT&T. While many in the tech community continued to jump atop the dog pile, in which AT&T was at the very bottom, Apple ran the ball back the other way without anybody noticing. Apple's response to the FCC's questions covers several areas -- including the fact that it acted alone without AT&T's consultation -- in rejecting not yet allowing the Google Voice app. Almost as striking as Apple's admitted culpability, however, is its rationale for it, which smacks of odd logic and damages the Read More