Voicemail Away Messages

One day I am going to invent a cell phone and LG will manufacture it. It'll be called the LG Perfect and it will be, perfect. Because for years I've wondered "Why isn't there a cell phone that does it all?" This article is the beginning of a series of ideas that I hope exist in the near future.

Today's idea "The Away Message Voicemail." --I think you should be able to change your outgoing voice mail message with 1-button. That way you can use it like an Away Message.

For example, right before I walk into Batman The Dark Knight for the third time I could push one button and say "You've reached Paul. I'm watching Batman again but leave a message and I'll call you back after 11pm"

If Facebook and MySpace have status updates, why is Verizon's voice mail so archaic? We should be able to change our "voice mail status" instantly from our cell phones.

There could be the option for a normal short message followed by the status update:

Normal Short Message: "You've reached voicemail for Paul Drecksler"
Status Update Message: "I'm at the gym. Leave a message and I'll get back to you in an hour."

But the only way this could work is if it was a 1-button process.. like hold the 2 key down or something.

The process could work by having a program on the telephone that records voice memos and uploads the sound file to your voicemail "status update" account instantly. Since the voice files are stored on the phone, I could save and name messages I wanted to reuse.

Verizon Wireless, you can patent this process and call it "IN-Updates."

I invented Voicemail Status Updates because it is a necessary thing to have in our fast paced world. Would you use this idea if it existed?

Leave a comment below and tell me if you would use your voicemail as a status update if you could.