These days, video calls are so ubiquitous that we can get tired of them. But not so long ago, the idea of seeing someone you’re calling was mainly science fiction—even as real world engineers worked to make videophones a reality. Shortly after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1875, science fiction writers began promoting the idea of a kind of telephone/videophone/television device.
Some people don’t really like voicemail. In fact, some people think it’s dead. But voicemail isn’t dead.