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".. vibration in patterns to show the difference between a call, an SMS, an email" This is genius. Why doesn't my phone do this now? Sure, I have different aud

by amirmc 15y ago

".. vibration in patterns to show the difference between a call, an SMS, an email" This is genius. Why doesn't my phone do this now? Sure, I have different audible tones for reminders/sms/email/calls but most of the time my phone is in vibrate-only. I think we will end up with watches similar to those you describe. I imagine they'll have more functions than alerting you though. A device in constant contact with the skin could likely do a whole bunch of health monitoring.

corin_ 15y ago
Maybe better for people with clothes that hold phones tighter against their skin (?) or for owners of other phones (I'm a blackberry man), but personally I often don't notice vibrations in my pocket, I definitely wouldn't notice patterns. Whereas on the wrist it can be quieter (no more BZZZZZ "oh look, my phone's on silent haha") and gentler, yet more noticeable.
overcyn 15y ago
iPhones have different vibration patterns for what its worth.
harpastum 15y ago
By default, iPhones vibrate once for emails, twice for texts. Through the accessibility settings, you can set completely custom vibrations for each of the contacts in your address book (e.g. you could make morse code of each of their names)
untog 15y ago
Android can already do this, with CyanogenMod at least. If I remember correctly there are choices like "long pulse", "three short pulses", etc.
ConstantineXVI 15y ago
Ye olde BlackBerry would let you set custom vibration patterns per-app. It's technically possible on Android too, but most apps don't take advantage of it (including the built-in apps, negating the usefulness of such a thing)
dave1010uk 15y ago
I wrote a Python script for my Nokia N900 that vibrated the text of a SMS in Morse code. It was an interesting idea but only lasted a day as I don't know More code well at all.
nl 15y ago
Android has this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.whoisit.lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.... I believe iOS 5 can have difference vibrate patterns for each contact.

by amirmc 15y ago

corin_ 15y ago

Maybe better for people with clothes that hold phones tighter against their skin (?) or for owners of other phones (I'm a blackberry man), but personally I often don't notice vibrations in my pocket, I definitely wouldn't notice patterns. Whereas on the wrist it can be quieter (no more BZZZZZ "oh look, my phone's on silent haha") and gentler, yet more noticeable.

overcyn 15y ago

iPhones have different vibration patterns for what its worth.

harpastum 15y ago

By default, iPhones vibrate once for emails, twice for texts. Through the accessibility settings, you can set completely custom vibrations for each of the contacts in your address book (e.g. you could make morse code of each of their names)

untog 15y ago

Android can already do this, with CyanogenMod at least. If I remember correctly there are choices like "long pulse", "three short pulses", etc.

ConstantineXVI 15y ago

Ye olde BlackBerry would let you set custom vibration patterns per-app. It's technically possible on Android too, but most apps don't take advantage of it (including the built-in apps, negating the usefulness of such a thing)

dave1010uk 15y ago

I wrote a Python script for my Nokia N900 that vibrated the text of a SMS in Morse code. It was an interesting idea but only lasted a day as I don't know More code well at all.

nl 15y ago

Android has this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.whoisit.lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handyandy.... I believe iOS 5 can have difference vibrate patterns for each contact.