Some friends at work and I were talking about a speed-sensitive configuration option, too--one that selects ringing profiles.
For example, when you're at a speed greater than, say, 20 mph, more than likely you're in a noisy environment and you'd want your phone to ring slightly louder. When speeds reach 150 mph, it's a good bet you're in a plane (or Mario Andretti) and it's time to go to Flight mode (of course, this is quite a bit later than when they ask for phones to be turned off). Anyway, I am thinking there might be many uses for speed-based settings--enough to justify a speed-based 'cron' like utility? Perhaps... (my apologies to our non-American colleagues for being mired in english units) DSG > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Eichin > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 1:04 PM > To: community@lists.openmoko.org > Subject: another GPS idea - speed-sensitive voicemail > > Use case: > > When I'm walking around, I'll answer the phone. When I'm driving, I > won't (one phonecall == two beers worth of distraction)... but am > willing to pull over if the caller thinks it's important enough. > > I shouldn't have to *tell* the phone what mode I'm in: GPS can > provide velocity information. If my speed is over 10mph, the phone > should pick up, dump a pre-recorded explanation to the caller, and > let them "press 1 to interrupt the driver, or just wait a few > seconds and leave voicemail." > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Audio_Subsystem implies that > call recording is possible, so the audio paths are there, right? If > so, a lot of local voice-robot stuff is possible... > > (And if your thought is "what if I'm a passenger" - the answer is > "this feature is not for you, it's for me" :-) (Also, if you're not > an American, this feature probably isn't for you either :-) :-) > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community