IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - August 11, 2010) - YouMail Inc. (www.youmail.com), a leading provider of digital secretary services for managing mobile voicemail, today announced the release of a new Android app and that the service has surpassed the impressive benchmark of handling over one million calls a day, with well over 450 million calls processed overall, and over 100 million in the past three months.
The new Android app expands on the previous, much-downloaded version with features such as:
- YouMail's smart greetings, which automatically greet callers by name.
- Selecting and using any greeting users have recorded in the app or recorded and uploaded online.
- Using greetings selected from the YouMail greetings community at "greetings.youmail.com."
- Easily switching between status greetings ("I'm on a plane," "I'm at a meeting," etc).
YouMail now optimizes the amount of data used by delivering voicemails in a more compressed format, and has made the app very easy to set up. Users can now choose between smart greetings or recording a greeting when they first use the app, as well as choose to have an email copy of every voicemail sent.
The impressive YouMail usage metrics have been boosted by broad user adoption within both Fortune 50 companies and small businesses alike, the YouMail BlackBerry app's consistent listing as a top "Productivity" download, the YouMail API-powered YouView visual voicemail app's consistent top ranking for paid apps in the Palm app store, increased usage of YouMail's premium voice-to-text offerings and extensive word-of-mouth promotion courtesy of satisfied customers.
"We're very excited and pleased to see YouMail growing so quickly, marked by both our new Android app and passing the 450 million calls benchmark," commented CEO Alex Quilici. "This clearly shows both significant consumer demand for our offering and demonstrates our ability to scale our offering."
YouMail's growth has also been driven through regional wireless and VOIP carriers who have recognize how YouMail vastly improves the functionality and ease of use of their traditional voicemail systems. Carriers such as IMMIX Wireless in Pennsylvania, Cellular One in East Central Illinois, Blue Wireless in New York, iSmart Mobile in Montana, VoicePulse in New Jersey and Windy City Cellular in Adak, Alaska, have set YouMail as their standard voicemail service or are providing it as a featured option to their customers.
YouMail is available to post-paid mobile users in the US on all major carriers including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile. YouMail can also be used to unify a user's mobile voicemail with their voice messages from VOIP service providers such as Google Voice, MagicJack, OOMA, and Vonage.
About YouMail
YouMail turns mobile phone voicemail into a "digital secretary" for handling unanswered calls. With personalized greetings, delivery through text or e-mail, voicemail filtering, and voice-to-text transcription, YouMail saves time, increases productivity, and improves reliability of message handling. YouMail gives users flexible control to retrieve and manage voicemail through mobile applications for iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and Palm smart phones, through a web browser, via e-mail or by calling in from any phone. YouMail provides an ad-supported free service, as well as a set of premium services, including voice-to-text transcription. YouMail is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, and backed by Vantage Point Venture Partners and Tech Coast Angels. To learn more or sign up for YouMail's free service, visit http://www.youmail.com or download the YouMail application from AppWorld, iTunes, or Android Market.
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