This probably exists somewhere in the tangle of consumer electronics... but my pager doesn't have it. When I lose my pager, as I often do, I'm always pained by the knowledge that my task would be easier if I had left it set to beep, not stun...uh...vibrate. An overide code that forced it to beep would be great.
-- DickWeed, Feb 06 2003

Or get a sensitive directional mike, and hunt the buzz with that.
-- DrCurry, Feb 06 2003


Or elastic band a marble to it so it makes an irritating loud buzz when it vibrates. (but why not put it on beep then?)
-- LED Prism, Jun 18 2003


Zip tie it to your left thigh.
-- andrew1, Sep 27 2005


You would have thought it'd be easy for the firmware writers to generate a BEEP sound if the only text in a message sent to it was "YOU ARE LOST! BEEP FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!"
-- Dub, Sep 27 2005


Good idea. The user would need to set the code to keep it confidential. Could have a different longer ring.
-- bristolz, Sep 27 2005



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