Pockets Sends Private Voicemails Via Twitter

It must be said that Twitter/voicemail mashup Pockets has great potential for spammy misuse. Used properly, though, it’s a pretty novel way to send a voicemail message to someone you know through Twitter but don’t have a phone number for.

Pockets signs you in and authenticates itself with your Twitter account, then asks for your phone number and a Twitter username to send voicemail to. Hit “Send Voicemail” and the app calls you to record a message. Hang up, and Pockets posts an @whoever reply to your recipient, asking them to likewise authenticate their username and then hear the message.

Like we said up top, this would be really annoying, if used as a way around email barriers to push a spam-like message through. But blocking Pockets on Twitter wouldn’t be all that hard if you had to, and the app does offer potential for actual, useful purposes. Here’s a quick video demo of how it works:

Pockets is free to use, requires a Twitter account and phone number.

Pockets [via eHub]


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

Here are the cheapest plans available for Australia’s most popular NBN speed tier.

At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


One response to “Pockets Sends Private Voicemails Via Twitter”

Leave a Reply