[ale] dialing on Android and driving will kill you and others.

[Charles Shapiro]

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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