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The Telecom Digest
Volume 29 : Issue 88 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
New technology could warn drivers about cell phones (Thad Floryan)
Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones (David Clayton)
Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones (Wesrock)
Re: iPhone App to Sidestep AT&T (tlvp)
Re: Monitoring Kids' Cellphone Activity (Bill Ranck)
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:50:06 -0700
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones
Message-ID: <4BB05BAE.4060109@thadlabs.com>
Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten
their seat belts as they start their engines.
It would seem natural, then, to offer motorists friendly, yet
stern warnings about another bad habit: holding a cell phone
while driving, whether for texting or talking.
Several software and gadget companies -- many of them at the
country's biggest trade show for the wireless industry last
week in Las Vegas -- have sprung up to address that challenge.
But creating an effective, widespread solution looks a lot
harder than putting in reminders for seat belts.
Furthermore, we're only just beginning to figure out what
constitutes a dangerous distraction, and how best to curb it.
Are handsfree conversations dangerous? What about dictating
text messages to your phone? Does everyone need help staying
away from the phone while driving, or just teens and employees?
Many states ban drivers from using cell phones without
handsfree devices, but a recent insurance industry study found
that such laws haven't reduced crashes. It's not clear why,
but one reason might be that drivers flout the laws.
At least a dozen startups have produced phone applications
designed to curb the temptation to use the phone while driving.
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:54:48 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones
Message-ID: <pan.2010.03.29.21.54.46.124729@myrealbox.com>
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:50:06 -0700, Thad Floryan wrote:
........
> Many states ban drivers from using cell phones without handsfree devices,
> but a recent insurance industry study found that such laws haven't reduced
> crashes. It's not clear why, but one reason might be that drivers flout
> the laws.
So those people irresponsible enough to recklessly use phones while
driving also ignore road laws that they probably view as inconvenient,
whoda thunk?
Any law like this has the greatest effect in discouraging those who do
have at least some respect for the rest of the road laws, those who
believe that such things never apply to them will continue to speed, use
phones etc as they always have.
Such laws are there to eliminate the excuse for the rest of us to behave
in these ways.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:34:26 EDT
From: Wesrock@aol.com
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: New technology could warn drivers about cell phones
Message-ID: <a7467.a885b3c.38e29302@aol.com>
In a message dated 3/29/2010 11:46:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
thad@thadlabs.com writes:
> Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten their
> seat belts as they start their engines.
My car issues so many tones and beeps all the time your driving to
constitute a distraction themselves.
It is hard someimtes to tell what some of them are for, and where to
find a display relevant to the noises.
The manual has a full page listing all the icons they use for various
purposes and warnings on the dash display. And there is another
display overhead you've got to look for.
Wes Leatherock
wesrock@aol.com
wleathus@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:19:13 -0400
From: tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: iPhone App to Sidestep AT&T
Message-ID: <op.vabwibe3itl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:44:14 -0400, David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
wrote:
>
> People remember the last item in a group, which is why most (if not all
> these days) IVR prompts are structured "For sales press 1" etc so if they
> want "sales", they are then ready to note the method to actually get
> there.
Heh ... system I met recently didn't know that. It went:
Parro' esspanyol' oh preema el nuweighvay. Press two for English,
press five for sales, press 1 for company directory, press six for
service, press four for billing, ...
Total hodge podge! and the Spanish was really as bad as you see here!
Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:56:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Ranck <ranck@vt.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Monitoring Kids' Cellphone Activity
Message-ID: <hoqbj4$1n1$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu>
Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
> Monitoring Kids' Cellphone Activity
> So, something like Net Nanny Mobile, a tracking service that aims to
> help parents remotely monitor their kids' mobile phone activity,
> might have broad appeal.
> The service sends alerts to an online dashboard where parents can log
> in and view emails, texts, photos and a record of calls sent and
> received by the phone. They can also use the dashboard to view the
> phone's contacts, GPS updates and to send commands, such as locking
> the phone in case it gets stolen.
So, they want parents to give their teens private communications
to some online server, somewhere, controlled by someone unknown.
Brilliant! It's not bad enough that kids think nothing of posting
things on YouTube, Facebook, et.al., now NetNanny wants to keep
records of causal communication for who knows how long and possibly
without the teens' knowing about it.
Also, is there any doubt this little jewel of an app will be used
in spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend tracking? This is just wrong in
so many ways. Sigh.
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
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