> I think you're confusing "advanced" or "hi-tech" with "usefulness".  By
> low-tech, I meant that they do not have the technology to
> implement a certain
> piece of functionality directly, so they found a workaround.  Whether the
> workaround delivers better end-user functionality or useability
> in the end,
> is a different thing.

        I disagree, I think when designing the system they saw the VM indicators
and decided, we can do better.

> For me, every time I listen to a batch of vmails, usually from a
> land-line
> phone, I still need to go back to the cellphone to delete the
> text-messages,
> which I don't even read, cause I got everything I need, including
> time-stamp
> from listening to the actual vmails.

        That's fine when you've got coverage, not so fine when the phone is in your
pocket when the VM happens, you don't notice it, and you pull out the phone
deep in some subway tunnel.

> In T-mobile's own words, paraphrased.....  * we do not have the
> technology yet
> to send voice-mail-received notifications to the phone, so we send a
> text-message instead.  Direct voice-mail notification is coming soon. *

        Well then T-Mobile doesn't itself understand the benefits of using a text
message. Since VM indications were there before text message notification I
don't think it's fair to say text message notification is more primitive. If
it bothers you that much then I suppose you should switch providers,
personally it will take alot for me to leave the GSM platform, everybody
else is just so far behind (i.e. VM notification, forwarding options,
etc.)... TTYL

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