T-Mobile to start offering caller ID services

It was only the other day that we talked about the spam filter for Google Voice, but in case you don’t have Google Voice or you don’t particularly fancy it, perhaps this might be a good alternative, especially if you’re a T-Mobile customer.

The carrier will be introducing caller ID services, and if you’re thinking to yourself, “Don’t I already have caller ID?” You’re right you do, but that service is limited to the numbers you have stored on your phone. What T-Mobile’s caller ID service will do is they will list names from numbers that you don’t have stored on your phone whenever you receive a call. We’re not sure to what extent the caller ID will be able to work, i.e. does it work for EVERY number? Either way it sounds like an awesome service, so whenever you start seeing phone calls from telesales companies, you know you should probably not answer that call.

Unfortunately the service will not be free. After the 10 day free trial ends, you will be charged an extra $4 per month that will appear on your phone bill. I guess $4 isn’t that much for a service that would allow you to stop answering unsolicited phone calls. It will not work on all phones either apparently, for example the only device it will work on at the moment is the Samsung Exhibit 4G, with the myTouch 4G Slide when it releases. No word on whether T-Mobile will extend this service to other devices as well.