Comments on: Practical Unit Structures

By: griffey

griffey — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:34:00 +0000

I just upgraded my years-old Razr to a Samsung Blackjack, which I was suprised to find has the very feature you’re asking for. It’s labeled, unintuitively, “Automatic”, and it auto-switches you from vibrate to sound depending on your calendar…it’s even smart enough to only silence when the calendar says you are busy, not just for a reminder.

Brilliant feature…I’m not sure how I lived without it now.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:46:00 +0000

I need a Sony T68. Last night my (the instructors) phone rang in class. I had turned my phone to vibrate but I hadn’t “confirmed” the change. This was a little embarrassing. This whole semester is going to be a little embarrassing. :)

By: Bertil

Bertil — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:05:00 +0000

I’ve been actively bullying anyone whom I though could make #2 happen——for six years now; I promissed I wouldn’t have a cell phone without it (and a GPS feature to notice that I decided to go to church at the last minute). . . Nothing so far, and I work at a cell phone operator!

I’ll try to get one of those T68, Rich; thanks for the hint.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:32:00 +0000

Idea one:
OmniWeb flattens newlines when you paste into a one-line text box, so I, at least, don’t have this problem. Hooray, OmniWeb!

Idea two:
My Sony-Ericsson T68 had automatic ringer based on the built-in calendar, if I recall correctly… which means it was done about 5 years ago, at least.

By: lauren

lauren — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:37:00 +0000

I’m with you on both counts. As for the phone, you would think that it’d be simple for any smart phone with a calendar to understand that *any* scheduled time should be vibrate time. I’ve taken to keeping my phone on vibrate all the time and keeping it my pocket so I’ll know when it rings. I know of some places experimenting with this idea, but haven’t heard of any implementations yet.

By: fred

fred — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:26:00 +0000

I know! Sheesh. If the iPhone has ringer programmability, I’m done. That alone is worth 500 ;)

By: Michael Zimmer

Michael Zimmer — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:03:00 +0000

Your second suggestion is so brilliant and intuitive, you really wonder why it hasn’t already been done.