Leave a message on your Backpack with voiceNote
Ever wish you could call your Backpack account and leave a voicemail? Me neither, but now that someone thought of the idea and cranked out voiceNote for Backpack (beta, of course) - I can't wait to start dialing! To sign up, you simply have to enter your name, email, Backpack URL, the email address of the Backpack page you want these voice messages sent to and up to three phone numbers from which you'll be calling. You then simply dial a specific number to make your call and leave your message. celltell, this service's provider, lists about 7 U.S. numbers in major cities you can call to use this service, but I would imagine that if you have long distance dialing, it shouldn't be a problem no matter where you are in the country. The voiceNotes are added to your specified Backpack page "a few minutes" after your call as small Flash players, complete with export-ability to an MP3 file.
This looks like a fantastic (and unexpected) addition to an already stellar online PIM. If you try it out, feel free to let us know what you think in the comments.
This looks like a fantastic (and unexpected) addition to an already stellar online PIM. If you try it out, feel free to let us know what you think in the comments.












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Subscribe to commentsDouglasJul 26th 2006 11:40PM
This was such a great idea.
I call my own answering machine all the time while I am driving or otherwise unable to write things down. Now I can send that kind of stuff off to my Backpack page and remind myself anywhere.
I do happen to be lucky enough to be in one of the areas with a local phone number, but with cells having free long distance I don't see how this would be too much of an issue with anyone anywhere. It's not like your gonna leave a podcast this way.
I tested it up to a minute of audio so far and didnt run into a limit on the celltell end. I can't see that I would need more than that. Anyone find a limit?