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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Eeeeeeeeeeeee!

Cell phones get smarter in more ways each year (wish I could say the same for their users), and now some phones have a tracking device that can help owners find their phones if lost or stolen. Some even have the option to emit a noise if the phone is not unlocked properly or if the user activites a separate device that was synced to the phone. I'm not sure if the technology is fine-tuned enough yet that we can choose what noise it makes, but when it is, I'm getting the newest, coolest phone in existence. Then, if someone steals it, it will play a continuous loop of a child screaming. It will also automatically disable the OFF button, so the only way to escape being pinpointed as a child molester is to get rid of it.

In addition, once the GPS tracking system on the phone found that it had been in the same place for more than 30 minutes (because the thief ditched it in a dumpster or something), I'd want the display to read, "Hello officer or good samaritan, some jackass stole my phone. Once inside a police station, the phone will shut off. Thanks!" And I want that message to be true.

Until this is possible, I'll hang onto Gus's old Nokia and rue the day I signed up with T-Mobile.

posted by platkat @ 11:30 AM