Sunday, February 24, 2008

Mr. Pogue and Iphone advice

One of the things I find so great about Mr. Pogue's Technology blog is when he gives advice or the latest tips on common technological devices that you and I may have.

This week , Mr. Plogue discussed a helpful tip to anyone with the new and miraculous iPhone. An avid reader of Mr. Plogue's blog, a physics professor, Richard Muller gave Plogue advice of his own. This week Plogue used it as one of his posts.

A normal, less advanced, cell phone has the ability to "vibrate then ring". However, on the iPhone this is not possible. There is only vibrate OR ring; no happy-medium. Professor Muller writes to explain his dissatisfaction with the iPhone not having this. Luckily, Muller discovered that Apple has created a program where you can customize your own ringtones. With that, Muller exclaimed ,

"Here is my genius: all I have to do is to make a custom ringtone that is SILENT for the first ten seconds, and then plays a sound! Then, if I put my iPhone on “vibrate AND ring,” it will, as usual, start “playing” that ringtone immediately as it vibrates–but since my ringtone is silent for the first ten seconds, the result is “vibrate THEN ring.” "

All in all, this is a very helpful feature of Plogue's Technology blog. Not only does he provide information on the latest technological advancements, but he also allows us as readers and followers to be a part of the conversation.

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