Comments on: Feature request http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/ Same old blog, brand new place Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:14:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Trump http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23654 Trump Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:43:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23654 OK.......waited long enough for the punchline. Where was the phone when you found it?? OR did you? OK…….waited long enough for the punchline. Where was the phone when you found it?? OR did you?

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23505 Doc Searls Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:18:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23505 Chip, my phone happens to be a Treo, which seems to want to do most things in software, other than silencing, which it does with a switch on top of the phone. Can't wait to get rid of it. I like the fact that it has a keyboard, which is good for texting; and its sound, which is very good. Otherwise, it's a failure-prone pain in the ass. Chip, my phone happens to be a Treo, which seems to want to do most things in software, other than silencing, which it does with a switch on top of the phone.

Can’t wait to get rid of it. I like the fact that it has a keyboard, which is good for texting; and its sound, which is very good. Otherwise, it’s a failure-prone pain in the ass.

]]> By: JTH (Chip) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23423 JTH (Chip) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:58:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23423 Looks like the ground is pretty well covered Software fix... my old Treo has manual switch iPhone - would be good feature to add Calling Steve Jobs ... Upgrade time Looks like the ground is pretty well covered

Software fix… my old Treo has manual switch
iPhone – would be good feature to add

Calling Steve Jobs …
Upgrade time

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23388 Doc Searls Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:32:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23388 Great suggestions, all. Paul, I think there are possibilities with the iPhone plus any relatively open phone, along the same lines. I like the idle accellerometer idea. Great suggestions, all.

Paul, I think there are possibilities with the iPhone plus any relatively open phone, along the same lines. I like the idle accellerometer idea.

]]> By: Buzz Bruggeman http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23384 Buzz Bruggeman Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:57:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23384 How about also having the default be that when your phone is being charged that the default is to ring, and not to be silent. i miss calls because my phone is charging, and i didnt hear i vibrate, while if i had it in my pocket, e.eg. not charging i could at least feel it. How about also having the default be that when your phone is being charged that the default is to ring, and not to be silent.

i miss calls because my phone is charging, and i didnt hear i vibrate, while if i had it in my pocket, e.eg. not charging i could at least feel it.

]]> By: Paul M. Watson http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23375 Paul M. Watson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:23:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23375 How about just having one of those key finders that beep and flash when you whistle. But I'm with you guys. Lets have some fun with this. The iPhone runs Apache fine so we could have it accepting incoming HTTP, mapped through to certain commands. Use the accelerometer too. If it detects it hasn't moved for several hours it reactivates its finder service/de-silences. How about just having one of those key finders that beep and flash when you whistle.

But I’m with you guys. Lets have some fun with this. The iPhone runs Apache fine so we could have it accepting incoming HTTP, mapped through to certain commands. Use the accelerometer too. If it detects it hasn’t moved for several hours it reactivates its finder service/de-silences.

]]> By: Technical Writing Geek http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23373 Technical Writing Geek Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:14:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23373 My cell phone makes me dial in for voice mail messages. I think this menu is completely underused, since it could offer more information and features. It would not be difficult to program the phone to ring if called by a certain number, say from customer support's automated fone finder line. My cell phone makes me dial in for voice mail messages. I think this menu is completely underused, since it could offer more information and features.

It would not be difficult to program the phone to ring if called by a certain number, say from customer support’s automated fone finder line.

]]> By: Paul Ding http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23369 Paul Ding Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:38:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23369 Another reason why we should be able to buy open phones, and install our own software, that does what we want. There's a *bleep* that's called me about 300 times since Christmas. Just calls and says nothing. Federal law says that's illegal, but the FBI won't do anything. The guy lives across the country, so local cops don't have jurisdiction. The folks at Vonage and the folks at AT&T Mobile both say that they can't block individual numbers, and only have the ability to block calls without caller ID. So when he gets on a streak, I call-forward the calls to *his* local police department, and everyone else that calls me gets annoyed, but he just waits an hour for me to decide I want to be able to receive incoming calls again, and then he starts acting like a *bleep* again. Instead of having a "vibrate" setting that automatically goes back to audible, I'd like the ability to call the cell-phone number and set it back to audible by punching in a sekrit code - but if we controlled the software in our phones, we could both have what we like. Did you see Red Green, where he fastened his keys to the cell phone so he could find his keys? The phone was set on vibrate, and it was set on the toilet tank. After a few calls, everything went swimming.... Another reason why we should be able to buy open phones, and install our own software, that does what we want.

There’s a *bleep* that’s called me about 300 times since Christmas. Just calls and says nothing. Federal law says that’s illegal, but the FBI won’t do anything. The guy lives across the country, so local cops don’t have jurisdiction. The folks at Vonage and the folks at AT&T Mobile both say that they can’t block individual numbers, and only have the ability to block calls without caller ID. So when he gets on a streak, I call-forward the calls to *his* local police department, and everyone else that calls me gets annoyed, but he just waits an hour for me to decide I want to be able to receive incoming calls again, and then he starts acting like a *bleep* again.

Instead of having a “vibrate” setting that automatically goes back to audible, I’d like the ability to call the cell-phone number and set it back to audible by punching in a sekrit code – but if we controlled the software in our phones, we could both have what we like.

Did you see Red Green, where he fastened his keys to the cell phone so he could find his keys? The phone was set on vibrate, and it was set on the toilet tank. After a few calls, everything went swimming….

]]> By: John Magnus http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23353 John Magnus Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:22:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23353 Or go for a Windows Mobile device that can switch to the "silent" profile when in meetings (info from the calendar) and switches back once the meeting has ended. Saves you all the hassle. It will even save you the embarrassment of forgetting to set your phone to the silent profile when in *that* important meeting... Or go for a Windows Mobile device that can switch to the “silent” profile when in meetings (info from the calendar) and switches back once the meeting has ended. Saves you all the hassle. It will even save you the embarrassment of forgetting to set your phone to the silent profile when in *that* important meeting…

]]> By: William "Papa" Meloney http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/comment-page-1/#comment-23352 William "Papa" Meloney Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:16:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/01/23/feature-request/#comment-23352 If _my_ feeble memory doesn't fail me the Nokia 3595 had that "wake-up" feature. Set it on silence or even vibrate and then tell it when to revert back to normal. It was a blessing. If _my_ feeble memory doesn’t fail me the Nokia 3595 had that “wake-up” feature. Set it on silence or even vibrate and then tell it when to revert back to normal. It was a blessing.

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