Hullomail Visual Voicemail

[Guest Paul]

Welcome to 'Paul's App of the Day', where I pick one of my favourite apps as featured app of the day! Today's app is...

HulloMail Visual Voicemail

What they say

HulloMail offers a quick and easy way to manage, send, receive and share voicemails, no matter which Operator you're with.

HulloMail is free and easy to use and works with most popular email accounts.

Now send short voice messages, Hullos, to your friends

What we say

I hate VoiceMail. It's a necessary evil, but I hate the faff of phoning up, listening to it, deleting it etc. etc., and this is where HulloMail comes in. When someone leaves a voicemail in your HulloMail box (you change your diverts to point to Hullomail instead of your usual Vociemail provider), you CAN if you desire still call up to listen to it (you receive a SMS to tell you it's there). In addition however, it is sent to you as an audio file that you can listen to on your PC. If you use GMail, it is synced to your mailbox with a HulloMail label and when you delete it from your mailbox, it is deleted back at HulloMail. Add to this the HulloMail app which lets you view and playback messages on your device using your data connection and you have a real winner!

Permissions

ACCESS_WIFI_STATE / CALL_PHONE / CALL_PRIVILEGED / CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE / INTERNET / MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS / READ_CONTACTS / READ_PHONE_STATE / RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED / RECEIVE_SMS / RECORD_AUDIO / VIBRATE / WAKE_LOCK

Download

View HulloMail Visual Voicemail at AppBrain

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Price

FREE

Market star rating at time of writing

4.14 (248 ratings) (UK version)

Version at time of writing

2.2.2

Similar / Alternative apps

I don't know of any other service that offers similar features and includes both US and UK support.

Suggested improvements for the next version

I'd like to be able to use HulloMail with my landline (I can't currently as it requires a confirmation SMS).

Have your say

Fan of HulloMail Visual Voicemail? Found something better? Just wanna share your experiences? Post below! :(

[Guest Koh KW]

Paul, it seems to only work in US, UK, or Ireland.

Correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I noticed when signing up for an account.

That's sad :(

[Guest argh]

I'd like to be able to use HulloMail with my landline (I can't currently as it requires a confirmation SMS).

Not the perfect solution unless you already have one, but some landline phones are capable of sending and receiving text messages. I've tried it with my BT DECT phones and they work:

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/cons...o?topicId=24181

[Guest badgerarc]

Been using this app for a good few months and it works great on my Uk Tmobile HTC Desire. Shame we still can't have Google Voice in the UK yet, even though I've had the invite, but Hullomail works brilliantly in it's absence.

[Guest bewA]

Been using this app for a good few months and it works great on my Uk Tmobile HTC Desire. Shame we still can't have Google Voice in the UK yet, even though I've had the invite, but Hullomail works brilliantly in it's absence.

I had a look at hullomail and got twitchy about the information it needs etc...

but I'm feeling brave and might take another look at it! :(

But as soon as Google Voice hits UK i'll admit i'm going to be all over it! :(

[Guest djshadow666]

well good app. means i can now access my voicemail for free.

[Guest klutsh]

Although the app is 'free' the service is not, you pay for the diverted call that takes place to Hullo.

[Guest trstn]

Although the app is 'free' the service is not, you pay for the diverted call that takes place to Hullo.

How does that work out?

I mean, if I divert a call to my landline when my mobile is off, I don't pay for that, so how do we end up paying for Hullo?

[Guest klutsh]

How does that work out?

I mean, if I divert a call to my landline when my mobile is off, I don't pay for that, so how do we end up paying for Hullo?

Some operators do charge for the diverting a call.

Check to make sure it is not reducing your free minutes, as they say this in the FAQ

[Guest maverickmanny]

Is there a native app in Android that would answer the incoming calls and requests user to leave a message like the Uniden's do with landlines(native answer machines for android phones).??