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Visual Voicemail has proved to be an effective way of receiving and checking your voicemail, now instead of listening to every message you can listen to just the important ones, and save the rest for later.

This is a feature that we first saw on the iPhone with AT&T, however since then Sprint has also begun to offer it on the Samsung Instinct and now Verizon has become the latest with their LG Voyager.

The visual voicemail will come as part of a new software update and will be offered free of charge for current owners. It will also be included on a new model of the Voyager that has been dubbed the Voyager Refresh.

Verizon has also stated that the visual voicemail feature will be available for other models, but have not given any information on which will be included or when we can expect it.

Read [Verizon] Via [PhoneArena]

We all know that the LG Voyager is currently one of the hottest handset available from Verizon. And if you recall, it was launched on Verizon’s network as an exclusive handset, and so far no other mobile network have been able to offer it as part of their handset plans. Well, that might change soon enough if this statement by an LG official holds true: “We plan to expand the supply of Voyager to AT&T and Sprint within this year. That will lay the strong foundation for LG in the North American market.” This statement was quoted in the Electronic Times, where the electronics manufacturer boasts that sales of its iPhone-contending handset has reached the 1 millionth mark last at the beginning of April. If this happens, LG will have made the right choice by making one of their best handsets available to even more consumers. Maybe it might even match up to the sales of its mortal enemy, the iPhone, once it hits the other networks. Who knows?

Update Our source from over at IntoMobile are claiming that they were contacted by an LG Spokesperson to tell them that the LG Voyager VX10000 was not going to come to Sprint and AT&T, and that it was just a rumor. Apparently, it was just a fake statement thrown around the Interwebs by parties that are currently being tracked down for identification by LG. And the fact is that LG won’t be rolling out the Voyager towards AT&T, Sprint, or any other carrier any time soon. So I guess there won’t be any touchscreen handset bloodshed after all.

Read [Electronic Times] Via [IntoMobile]

The new LG models were recently announced during CTIA 2008. This new sexy line up includes something for everyone, ranging from the folded open LG-VX9100 with full QWERTY keyboard to the LG-VX9900, LG-KF51, LG Glimmer (AX830), LG-CU920, and the LG-KF700. These, of course follow their current best-sellers, the Venus LG-VX8800 and the Voyager LG-VX10000. 

Among these new phones, the LG Vu with MediaFLO will be released by AT&T this May, the VX9100 before April ends in the US, while the LG Glimmer is already available through Alltel. Any more new phones LG? 

Read [I4U News]

Plantronics introduced the Voyager 510-USB, the first Bluetooth headset system optimized for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) that provides instant wireless connectivity to PC-based softphones. The Voyager 510-USB includes a plug-and-play Bluetooth USB adapter that eliminates cumbersome software setup processes and enables you to place hands-free calls through any VoIP service with one easy step. In addition, Voyager 510-USB features multipoint technology to allow users to switch between multiple Bluetooth-enabled devices, including softphones and mobile phones, with the touch of a button.

The headset has noise-cancelling technology, wind-reduction, is lightweight, foldable, one-touch answer/end, voice activated dialing, usable on either ear, 6 hours of talk time, and 100 hours of standby. The Voyager 510-USB is also compatible with most popular consumer Internet telephony services, including AOL, MSN and Yahoo!.The system comes with a convenient desktop charging stand, USB charging cable, three-foot USB extension cable and AC charger.

The Voyager 510-USB has a MSRP of $199 and will be available in June 2006.

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