Today's mobile phone technology offers a range of solutions if you have limited dexterity or poor grip. Here are a few Vodafone services that can make it easier for you to keep in touch by mobile phone:
What services should I look at?
Vodafone voicemail
Vodafone Voicemail is an answering service for your mobile phone, which means that you needn't worry if you're in a meeting or in the bath! If someone calls and you don't answer — even if your mobile is switched off — Voicemail takes a message and lets you know.
Simply call 121 to start using the service. There's no extra monthly charge for using it; you just pay for the phone call when you're listening to messages and setting the service up. Most of our 'pay monthly' price plans include a fixed amount of calls with the monthly charge, so you can listen to your Voicemail messages and make calls at no extra cost.
Find out more about Vodafone Voicemail
Windows Live Hotmail® SMS
Now you can stay connected to the people most important to you with access to your Hotmail account when you are on the go.
Vodafone Australia subscribers are able to receive Windows Live Hotmail® via TXT messaging. So you can have your Hotmail Inbox permanently on your mobile. You don't even need a WAP phone - just a Vodafone Mobile connected phone that you can send TXT.
Find out more about Windows Live Hotmail® SMS and General Terms of Use
Sign up for Windows Live Hotmail® SMS
Yahoo! Messenger for SMS
Yahoo! Messenger for SMS is no longer just available via the PC. Vodafone customers can now send messages from your phone to anyone logged on to Yahoo! Messenger for SMS. You don't even need a WAP phone - just a Vodafone Mobile connected phone that you can send TXT.
Find out more about Yahoo! Messenger for SMS and Terms of Service
Sign up for Yahoo! Messenger for SMS
CALLscreen
CALLscreen combines an answering service with a personal assistant. Our professional operator answers the call, takes a message and sends it to your mobile. You'll receive the message as a standard text message displayed on-screen. It's a great way of keeping you in touch without saying a word.
1223 Directory Assistance
Directory Assistance is available from your Vodafone mobile if you're unable to use a phonebook. Call our regular Directory Assistance service on 1223. They'll TXT or read you the number you need and can connect you so you don't have to hang up and dial again. The connection facility is available for Australian numbers only.
123 'Ask us anything'
Dial 123 to ask us anything you need to know and we do everything we can to help you. We do the finding then we send you the phone number, the address and even the directions, via TXT to your mobile. Or we can even stay on the line and guide you till you get there.
Calls to 123 are a premium service and the cost will vary depending on your plan. The connection facility is available for Australian numbers only. Click here for more information.
Text messages
Text messages help you keep in touch when you don't want to talk or if you have difficulty hearing. You simply type your message by using the keys on the mobile phone and then send it to any other mobile.
Vodafone Mobile Broadband/Internet
The Vodafone Mobile Broadband (in our 3G areas) and Vodafone Mobile Internet (in our GPRS areas) is a quick and simple way to connect almost any laptop to the internet*. Install the software from our CD-ROM, slot in a pre–configured Vodafone Mobile Connect data card or USB Modem, then just click and connect using Vodafone's high speed 3G broadband (HSDPA) and GPRS network. The intuitive on–screen Dashboard software lets you use your laptop to access email accounts, chat using instant messages, browse web pages and use Vodafone's text message service.
Find out more about Mobile Broadband price plans and Terms and Conditions.
*Coverage
Vodafone Mobile Broadband supports connectivity in 3G broadband (HSDPA) coverage areas. Vodafone Mobile Internet supports connectivity in our GPRS areas.
Vodafone's 3G broadband (HSDPA) network currently covers metropolitan Sydney, Central Coast, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth, plus major international airports, and is constantly expanding. Outside 3G broadband areas, Vodafone Mobile Broadband operates at slower access and download speeds on Vodafone’s 3G network and Mobile Internet (GPRS) network (which covers 92% of the places you live and work in Australia).
For the latest coverage information, visit vodafone.com.au/coverage.
