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Sprint announces Voicemail 2 Text app just for BlackBerry users

by Kerri Neill on 30 Sep 2011 01:01 PM
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Sprint officially announces their Voicemail 2 Text app specifically for BlackBerry users. The official press release can be read here but, here's the gist of it:

Wireless devices give consumers the freedom and flexibility to stay connected from anywhere. With voicemail-2-text apps, customers can efficiently identify and respond to messages in a manner that is convenient for them.

This week, Sprint launched a voicemail-2-text app for its BlackBerry users. Sprint BlackBerry customers now have an easy and convenient way to receive and respond to voicemails. With Sprint Voicemail-2-Text, customers can quickly and easily read their voicemail messages via email or text message and then respond to the message with just a simple click. In addition messages can be easily forwarded and saved – no more writing down messages or misplacing them.

The application has a 30 day FREE trial (standard text and data rates will apply) and after that it is available for a monthly fee of $1.99. After your trial subscription has ended, you can simply open the app and select Subscribe to continue using the service with the monthly fee. Sprint's Voicemail 2 Text app supports select Bold, Curve, Style, Tour & Touch (I'm thinking they mean the 9930 or 9860 here).

I haven't been able to get the download to complete as of yet (keep getting an error message halfway through the download). Curious if anyone else has gotten the app to download and how accurate the SMS messages are so drop a comment below! 

For more information / download of Voicemail 2 Text 

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22 Comments

Posted by stackberry369 Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

And crackberry is late with this news,it was announced lastwek.

 
 
Posted by dimm0k Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

They might be late, but it's news to me!

 
 
Posted by xqzu Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

Funny I clicked on the Source Link and it reads: Posted by KRISTINCW on Sep 30, 2011 8:56:54 AM

Doesn't BB have the capability to do Google Voice? If it does why bother with this?

 
 
Posted by Jonathank Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

Jonathan Kopycinski
MrKsBerry@Blogspot.com
great app

 
 
Posted by bustermin Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

It does not complete the download for me either...

 
 
Posted by wayfarer58 Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

Failed download here, as well.

 
 
Posted by BB-Bmore Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

Takes me to getjar and I get the following"No compatible version found for Java" can anyone brealdown what this means to a slow poke like me?

 
 
Posted by FrancescoFebbraro Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

I have this service for Rogers here in Canada. Its prety sick and funny when it tries to send over sware words left on a voice mai.

 
 
Posted by bustermin Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

I finally got it to work, took about 10 tries...

 
 
Posted by TorrieB Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

I had 3 failed downloads....I'll try again later today and hope for better luck.

 
 
Posted by medicchop28 Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

I have it on my 9930. It does what it says just doesn't seem to do it very well. By that I mean it will alert you via sms (and email if you want) but it does not pick up all the words the caller is saying. Sometimes says "unable to decode" and other times turns it into a word that doesn't make since. The alerts and emails come through to the device just fine though. The email comes with a .amr file of the voice mail just like visual voice mail. One thing is it doesn't use your devices phone number for voice mail. You have to set your VM up all over again. Then you have to dial a different number to get tour voicemail (if you want to listen to it).

All in all I guess its kind of neat but its not for me especially if its going to cost more. It would have to work everytime for me to be worth any money. And right now it does not. Out of about 20 voice mails left only half came through correctly. It was however very easy to set up. Was also easy to unsubscribe and go back to original voice mail.

 
 
Posted by rlhammon Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

Umm.. isn't this called Google Voice, and wasn't it released a LONG time ago?

Oh wait, Google Voice is free, and Sprint wants to charge you for this, I see the difference.

 
 
Posted by David2g Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

i guess i want to know same question, why wouldnt people just use google voice, its free and does same thing??????

 
 
Posted by jamesharmeling Friday, Sep 30, 2011 238 days ago

I've been using it for a few days now. It downloaded nicely and works really well. It's really surprised me how accurate it is and I've called myself trying to trick it: accents, cussing, slurring words, etc.....not bad! The ability to get a voicemail and simply read it kicks butt! The Sprint Torch 9850 doesn't have visual voicemail so I've been using YouMail. YouMail also offers a voicemail text option, but it's expensive! I'm thinking of dropping YouMail all together and keeping this at $1.99 a month. I like it!

 
 
Posted by HTC_Droid_EvO Friday, Sep 30, 2011 237 days ago

GoogleVoice

RIM Blows yet again

 
 
Posted by voicemail_guy Friday, Sep 30, 2011 237 days ago

Voicemail-2-Text works on Blackberry 4.2 OS devices and higher on the Sprint (not Nextel network). Devices include the Curves, Bolds, Torches, and Style.

I read above that some customers are having trouble downloading, if there are still troubles downloading, let us know. If your device is not one of the listed devices above, it may not be on the compatible list.

 
 
Posted by Scarpia Saturday, Oct 01, 2011 237 days ago

I finally gave up after 10 attempts to download this app. If I need to work this hard just to download the app... it wont work for me!

 
 
Posted by voicemail_guy Saturday, Oct 01, 2011 237 days ago

It appears to be an issue with the getjar website. I have submitted a ticket, but no sure how long it will take to resolve. Stay tuned.

 
 
Posted by akmarston Saturday, Oct 01, 2011 237 days ago

I was one of the original testers of the program and have been using it for the past few months. There are some issues with the translation being off, depending on who calls. It is typically dependent on accents or mumbling.

 
 
Posted by voicemail_guy Monday, Oct 03, 2011 235 days ago

Download server is working again!

m.getjar.com/mobile/72278/Voicemail2Text

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 
 
Posted by bowman.botek Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 219 days ago

Does anyone know how to uninstall this application? I dont even see the application on my 9930

 
 
Posted by blackberry30ee1ed4 Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012 38 days ago

last week i just saw this app on my phone without any notice from before - i tried to complete dowload a few times i continued getting error messages so i gave up, (i have the tour 9630)