{"id":337,"date":"2007-11-26T21:22:26","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T02:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/11\/26\/a-plea-to-phone-makers\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T02:22:26","slug":"a-plea-to-phone-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/11\/26\/a-plea-to-phone-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plea to Phone Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make ringers “polite.” If a phone ‘rings out’ (e.g., rings non-stop until voicemail kicks in), switch to silent mode<\/em> automatically.<\/p>\n

Yes, this has flaws, like missing multiple calls because you missed one call.<\/p>\n

But sit here with my as my suitemate’s phone rings time and time again, with a really irritating ringtone while he’s gone, and hold back the tears long enough to tell me that this feature isn’t necessary.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, come up with a universal, unobtrusive means of switching a phone to silent. My Treo’s got a slide on the top, and I think all phones should have something like that. Every time I try to use someone else’s phone I end up getting into strange menus or, more often than seems statistically probable, ending up inside a web browser. So I’m pretty averse to opening up people’s phones and changing settings. I could cope with sliding a hard switch on the outside, though.<\/p>\n

Seriously, please<\/em> implement this. I’m begging.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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