For those who grew up with a cell phone in their hand, it might be difficult to imagine a time where the phone wasn’t fully integrated with voicemail. It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one ...

Sometimes, someone blogs about something that someone else blogged about, and it leads to an incredible discovery, or in this case, a rediscovery. (SOUNDBITE OF ANSWERING MACHINE RECORDING) ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Last week, I wrote an article laying out my smartphone history, in which I waxed nostalgic about some of the devices and platforms ...

“Please leave a message after the ….” It’s a phrase we all know, but in 1971 the PhoneMate 400 took voicemail to the next level. Find out why the hi-tech machine changed the answering machine game.

Messenger is rolling out a host of new features with its latest update! Highlights include an answering machine, AI-generated wallpapers, improved call quality, and Siri integration. Although ...

Martin Schneider of the website "Dangerous Minds" reviews a series of pre-recorded outgoing messages made by Radio Shack in the 1980s when home answering machines first cropped up. Sometimes, someone ...