A Chance To Win A VoiceMan (iPhone) Promo Code With A Retweet Or Comment
August 5, 2011
AppAdvice has once again teamed up with XVision in order to offer you a chance to win one of five (5) promo codes for VoiceMan for iPhone ($1.99).
The percentage of those who own cellular phones has increased dramatically over the past decade-and-a-half. In fact, the number of households that do not use landline service for calls is greater than 25%. The majority of wireless customers choose to utilize limited use plans because of cost. For many, this isn't a problem, especially when it comes to companies like AT&T offering Rollover minutes and almost all wireless carriers offering unlimited off-peak usage.
Because there are limits, and overage rates are significantly more than bundled pricing, it still means we can run into problems. To save the most money, it's typical for subscribers to choose a plan that offers just enough minutes to satisfy their average calling behaviors. But what if you have a month with above average activity? For example, a family situation that has you in contact more often than usual or maybe business that requires further discussion than normal.
A number of ways exist to check our voice usage, such as the usage counter built-in to the iOS Settings app, AT&T and Verizon websites, myAT&T app, calling *MIN# (*646#) from your AT&T iPhone, or calling #MIN (#646) from your Verizon iPhone.
However, only the iOS counter is nearly instantaneous on reporting the statistics, and it doesn't account for free minutes or show remaining minutes. AT&T and Verizon admit their usage reports can be behind as far as a few days, and up to a week if you were roaming away from their network. Although, the biggest concern with the iOS provided usage counter is the need to manually reset it when a new billing cycle begins.
VoiceMan is the answer, but it does require a quick configuration by entering your billing cycle end date, setting up allowances for different time ranges, and setting up thresholds alerts to be fully effective. Allowances are set for the current day, current week, and current month. The four threshold alerts are adjustable in 5% increments with the defaults being 50%, 70%, 90%, and 100%. You will be alerted by a push message once you pass each threshold for each allowance period.
In addition to the standard minute reporting, VoiceMan can readjust the totals by keeping track of those free off-peak minutes. More important abroad than in the States, VoiceMan also provides either per minute or per second billing plan calculations. Both of these are easily managed in the settings area, along with the previously mentioned options.
One final feature, accessible by tapping on the location drop pin the top-right of the main UI, is showing your usage in map view. I can think of a few compelling reasons for this feature. It's a great way to see where you main phone usage happens and dispute arguments, such as those of roaming charges and call quality. If you wanted to, you could even prove that you were in the location you claimed to a concerned spouse -- just be careful about showing off some other call locations.
VoiceMan is compatible with iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2 or later. Continuous use of GPS tracking can noticeably reduce battery runtime.
To have a chance at winning one of two VoiceMan promo codes, simply hit that blue tweet button near the bottom of this page or retweet this post from your favorite Twitter app before 11:59 PM PDT tonight (August 5th). We will then search the Twitterverse for all of the retweets and randomly choose our lucky winners. The winners will be notified via Twitter, so please be sure to follow us so we can send you your promo code via a direct message.
Non-Twitter users and those of you who want to increase your odds of winning can simply leave a relevant comment below before 11:59 PM PDT tonight to have a chance at winning one of the other three VoiceMan promo codes.
Feel free to participate in the giveaway via either or both methods. Only one entry per person per method is allowed, totaling up to two entries per person if using both.
