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I hate it when I can't get any reception on my phone. Surely I'm not alone.
I propose a number of solutions to ensure that even when you can't get any mobile reception, your handset is still a viable communication tool :
Shiny Backed Mobile - reflect the sun, send messages via code. Works well
in deserts where mobiles certainly do not.
With Zippo lighter top - enables smoke messages to be sent - and you'll never have to ask anyone for a light.
LighterPhone
http://www.halfbake...m/idea/LighterPhone
Integrated zippo discussed before in this idea by [benchun] [krelnik, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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[JonGeoloGist], I cannot help but feel that you have not considered the ramifications of a scalding hot cell phone back, shiny or not. You might melt your cell bits down into a lump inside your shiny-backed smokin' cellphone and then where will you be?
Not to mention what would happen if half way through a mirror-message your cell phone DOES ring and you try to hold it to your head... |
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[k_sra] if the phone rings, it would suggest a reception. why then would you be sending mirror messages? |
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[auto] ... indeed, the swiss army phone. much more pratical for the discerning outdoor type. |
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At last, a sensible suggestion for a cell-phone add-on. |
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I suggest typing out a text message. Instead of sending it via the telecomms network, just throw your phone at the person. The catch the phone, type their response and the throw it back. |
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Who's for a game of "spin the cellphone?" |
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//How about a feature that turns the phone into a Ouja board so that you can communicate with the dead...// |
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Great, but it will only communicate with other dead phones. |
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[kreuner] . Thinking practically, vast sums of cash has been invested into making the mobile phone a useful tool. I'm thinking only of those occasions when you don't have any "network juice" to use the parlance in my house. |
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If you're in a desert, a mirrored back mobile might just save your life. |
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What other add-ons would you all like to see? |
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//What other add-ons would you all like to see?// |
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//instead of spending a heck-of-a-lot of money on a fancy mobile phone that doesn't work// |
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Like Iridium satellite 'phones, for instance? |
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We did the Zippo option once before, see link. |
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