verizon is lame for charging for visual voicemail

totally agreed. i was excited to see it then quickly upset that i wouldnt be using it. ITS A RECESSION PEOPLE!

So the app gives you free use of it? I may have to give it a whirl, but I still don't get what it is exactly.

You don't know what visual voice mail is or the app android or google has?

The app is free but in order for u to use it u have to pay verizon 2.99 a month to activate it.

So its highly deceptive

I don't really know what VVM is, but I'm not paying to find out.

VVM is an app where instead of you calling to check your voicemail you see it on your phone; It will show who left messages. You have the ability to select which ones you want to listen to and also delete right on the screen. VVM gives you the ability to do all what you would normally do when you call voicemail right on your phone's screen. Voicemail made simple. It's free on the iphone. Verizon is just being greedy.

questions: is there a free app that will allow VVM? and does VVM (sorry, im new) display what was said in the voice mail, or just who left a message? IE, my wife calls and says "pick up milk and diapers at the store" and it then translates to a text or something?

What do you expect? It's Verizon! I'm surprised that we get what we do!

Google Voice is free

From Verizon Wireless:
Visual Voice Mail is now available for $2.99 per month. When downloading the application megabyte charges will be incurred.. Visual Voice Mail provides a fully integrated voice messaging solution. Manage your voice mail directly on the device and view, listen to and delete messages regardless of delivery order. With Visual Voice Mail, your voice mail never dead-ends. Visual Voice Mail allows you to take advantage of the Verizon Wireless network to compose, reply or forward a message to other Verizon Wireless subscribers.. Additional capabilities include: Archive an important message. Callback . Set up custom Caller ID-based greetings. Receive expanded storage. The Visual Voice Mail Inbox lists your messages and displays a New Message icon when you receive a new voice mail message. Details of each message are displayed in the Inbox. From the Inbox, you can: Listen to the audio message file Erase the selected message (with or without listening) Select other actions from the Options* menu such as archive, reply and add to contacts * Voice Mail options only applicable for Verizon Wireless subscribers. Getting started with Visual Voice Mail is easy! If you are a new Verizon Wireless customer (or have not set up your Verizon Wireless Voice Mail service) first you'll have to activate the service and set up your Voice Mail password, greetings and mailbox. Once your mailbox is set up: Go to Messaging on your handset and select the Visual Voice Mail link. Launch Visual Voice Mail.(At first login, Visual Voice Mail will ask for your voicemail password. The application will remember your password for future logins.) Follow the prompts to subscribe to Visual Voice Mail and accept the Terms and Conditions. Close Visual Voice Mail and wait 5 minutes before re-launching Visual Voice Mail is also available on the BlackBerry? Storm? 9530, Blackberry? Pearl? Flip 8230, Blackberry? Tour? 9630, Samsung Omnia?, HTC Touch Diamond? and the HTC Ozone? XV6175 for a subscription of $2.99 per month. BlackBerry devices: From the Home Screen, simply click on the Visual Voice Mail icon, enter your PIN and follow the prompts to subscribe to Visual Voice Mail. Windows Mobile devices: From the Main Menu Screen, simply click on the Visual Voice Mail icon, enter your PIN and follow the prompts to subscribe to Visual Voice Mail. Important Note: Upon activating Visual Voice Mail on your wireless device you will be prompted to enter your PIN. Your PIN will be saved to your device and will no longer be required to access Visual Voice Mail in the future. This means that anyone with access to your wireless device could listen to your voice mail messages.