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[ale] dialing on Android and driving will kill you and others.
- Subject: [ale] dialing on Android and driving will kill you and others.
- From: hooterpincher at gmail.com (Charles Shapiro)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:25:07 -0400
- In-reply-to: <1308964681.3242.3.camel@compaq-desktop>
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6090342-7.html
I think about this every time I bike on Atlanta streets.
-- CHS
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 21:14 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> But using the voice dialer is so much fun!
>>
>> me: "call wife"
>
> I'm in worse shape then you. ?For a few years I've been using call signs
> for many numbers.
>
> Try telling android to "call XYL". ?Does not work.
>
> I've downloaded Vlingo and it seems to work but it ain't autonomous. ?I
> still have to push 'ok'.
>
> These phones need to just dial the f'ing number :)
>
> I had an idea that if the droid can sense you moving at high speed it
> could assume you are driving and once you push the button to wake it up
> go straight to the dialer. ?Forget swiping to unlock.
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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