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The Answering Machine Returns to the Kitchen Counter
Before voicemail became an icon on a screen, it was a blinking light you could not ignore.
An electronics company releases a countertop message recorder with giant PLAY and DELETE buttons.
There is no account, social feed or cloud dashboard. A small display simply tells you how many messages are waiting.
The company calls it voicemail you can actually see, and buyers appear to be treating the joke as a serious product.
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