5 Reasons to Use SlyDial, A Service That Connects You Directly To Someone’s VoiceMail
SlyDial is a free service from MobileSphere, the creators of the text messaging application Joopz, that lets U.S. and Canadian people connect directly to someone’s mobile phone voicemail without their phone ringing. You may be asking yourself why would I use such a service. Others have been wishing for a service like this for ages. I wish it would work on land lines as well but not everyone has voicemail through their phone provider on their land lines but on mobile phones everyone has voice mail.
Think about the reasons for using such a service for a minute.
- SlyDial gives you the power of whether you want to talk directly to a person or not.
- Call friends and relatives you don’t want to have a lengthy conversation with but leave a nice message, maybe a thank you for a gift or just letting them know you are thinking of them.
- If you need to call in sick and your boss uses his/her mobile for communication you can bypass speaking with them and just leave a message (I like this reason).
- You are short on time and just want to leave a quick message like confirming the time you are meeting your spouse for dinner.
- Leaving a voicemail means you tried reaching the person, they don’t know that you made your call directly go to voicemail.
It’s easy to use SlyDial.
- Just dial the 267-SLYDIAL (759-3425) from either a land line or mobile phone,
- then dial the 10 digit mobile number of the person you are calling,
- listen to a short advertisement,
- you are then connected to the number and you can leave your voice mail message.
The first time you call listen to their explanation of the service, it is amusing at times. On future calls you can just start dialing the number you are calling
I made a call to my Verizon phone and went through the steps. After leaving the message I received notification on my mobile that I had a new voice message. It didn’t show that I missed a call and the call is not logged in my missed calls list. I’m not sure on other carriers how it handles the call, whether it says the person missed a call or just that they have a new mail message.
SlyDial is still in the alpha stage where new features will probably be added and they are looking at a premium service to bypass the advertisement heard before connecting your call. I would like to see an option to sign up for the service and the ability to import my contact list from a service like Plaxo and then the ability to just say “Call dad” and be connected. An Outlook plugin is another option which could be part of their premium service as it is with Joopz.
Try it out and let me know what you think.
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