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For all the fancy features smartphones boast these days, there are a few simple ones that feature phones got right that just never made the leap. Here’s a prime example: fake calling. Okay, so there are apps that do this, but the fact that whatever this Samsung phone is includes the function out of the box is still pretty awesome. By either holding down the Navigation key when idle, or tapping it four times when locked, owners of this handset could “get out of meetings or unwanted conversations” by simulating an incoming call, which seems to me like a pretty common need.
This isn’t a particularly new function, even though you might not have seen it before; Samsung includes fake calling on a few of their feature phones, like the S3370 in India, and the E1220 in China, which no doubt provides convenient social escape routes on top of some added security for ladies walking home alone at night. It is a little sneaky, though – can you really trust someone who takes a phone call in the middle of a conversation anymore?
[via Reddit]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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