Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: Slydial, Cellphone, Direct, Voicemail | Themes: Networking
Tech blogs are buzzing with about the advantages of a new service called SlyDial.
SlyDial allows you to phone directly to someone’s voicemail without their cell phone even ringing. You can return someones call without having to talk to them at all. While there are obvious advantages for this in the business world such as not wanting to disturb colleagues that may be in board meetings or after hours, there are many less obvious uses for this service, some of which the developers have pointed out to us.
Customers call SlyDial and dial the number of the person they’re trying to reach, or rather, not reach. After listening to a short advertisement, users are connected to the person’s voicemail. Depending on the service provider, users may receive a missed call as well as a voicemail or the phone might ring one or twice before going to voicemail, however you will not be connected.
This seems like it could become popular among college kids who forget to call home or similarly, want to call home without having an hour long conversation about laundry or their major. The people at SlyDial suggest other ways for using the service like dumping your significant other. Getting kicked to the kerb over the phone is probably bad enough, but we’re guessing being dumped by your voicemail would be a little more of a slap in the face. They also suggests using it or calling in sick to work, presumably so your manager can’t interrogate you about your symptoms or the state of your health.
If you have any other ideas for what SlyDial could be used for (cancelling plans, letting the neighbours know you ran over their dog, telling a friend you accidentally left a chicken rotting in their oven for a month while they were on vacation), feel free to share them in the comment section below.
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lol this made me laugh
why does this sound so familiar.. ?
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ah yes.. its called AT&T
"hey (insert name here), you might want to get yourself checked out at any of your fine neighbourhood free clinics...just a heads up"
Reasons this is stupid:
1. We fail to communicate with our parents enough.
2. If you're jerk enough to forward me to your SlyDial voice mail where I am forced to listen to an advertisement before I can leave a voice message I'm more likely to just not call you.
3. Kerb is spelled CURB. I don't know if you're stupid, German, or trying to be Sly.
4. If you break up with your significant other over SlyDial then your significant other should be breaking up with you. Good riddance to you if you're a jerk this way too.
5. Reasons 2 and 4 would be a strong enough argument that unless you want to become a total A-hole and lose everyone in your life you should pass on this uber-crappy unmarketable gimmick. It's no wonder the "developers"(aka idiots) had to "point out there are many less obvious uses for this service." I'm still waiting for a single good use.
Jonny all I can say is if you can't read the article well enough to understand how the service works, then don't write comments.
No one is going to "forward you" to their "SlyDial voicemail"...since there is no such thing.
This service allows you to leave other people a voicemail without having to talk to them. It changes nothing for your incoming calls. I've got a good use. I'd buy it so I could leave you a voicemail about not liking your comment; but not have to speak to you.
@Jonny: "Curb" is how you spell "Kerb" in 'American'. Maybe if you crawled out from under your rock you would find a whole new world beyond your mom's house where they speak the original English... Just a suggestion. Use it, don't use it. Whatever
"hey (insert name here), you might want to get yourself checked out at any of your fine neighbourhood free clinics...just a heads up"
thats freaking hilarious
I got scammed by an ebay purchase from this. I had never heard about it before but basically I would try to contact the guy and he would not answer his phone then Slydial back to me with the "oh sorry I missed you here's the address to mail the check to" I couldn't understand it, I would have my phone by my side all day waiting on these calls and then notice I had voicemails, it makes since now. Obviously since it was a real persons voice it was much more comforting than an email, so I fell for it. I even mentioned to my wife at one point "He must have some hack that lets him go straight to my voicemail". Long story short since you're probably wondering how I got scammed, it was a pickup for a bike and I needed to know lots of info and I hired a company to pick it up I would ask him lots of questions on voicemail like "what's the VIN, etc" and he would call back with "everythings in order, here's the pickup address bring cash, sorry I missed you call me if you have any more questions"