YouMail is a voicemail replacement for your iPhone, but is 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 about five minutes to get the thing to start taking your voicemails. Of course, there is a website and it does allow you to configure every square inch of the service. Setup on the iPhone was quite simple, and the app adds two contacts to your phone: one to activate the service and one to deactivate it (and return voicemails to your carrier).
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