“Shut up and let me go! HEY!”

How can you make an awkward phone call easy? Surely an application can’t stop you feeling guilty for calling in sick just because your best mate has tickets to see The Ting Tings live at Newcastle Academy. Oh, but it can!

Thanks to the mobile phone application “Slydial”, you can actually bypass the call and go straight to voicemail, leave your message and turn your phone on silent. So when your boss tries ringing and you don’t answer, you can simply claim you were too busy re-tasting that Spicy Mexican Pizza you had the night before which just wasn’t cooked right.

You can also use the program for REAL events as well, like when you know someone’s at work, so rather than waiting for voicemail to come up anyway, you can leave the message for when they finish, thus saving you a good 20 seconds. It doesn’t sound like much, but it does drag on and on. As far as I know, the application is only available for smartphones such as the iPhone, G1 or the Blackberry Storm.

For more information, simply visit Slydial.com