There are all sorts of things on the market that flash whenever a nearby phone is ringing...so build this into a fashionable ring. Whenever you're in hectic situation where you cant hear your phone ringing, you wait for your ring to ring. A small LED inbuilt into finger jewlery that flashes whenever your phone goes off. Think of all the calls you wouldn'nt miss. Of course the ring would have a switch that could en/dis - able the function....so if you're expecting a call, just keep the phone in your pocket and you';re ring will let you know.
-- shinobi, Jun 26 2004

Useful add-on to this gizmo, methinks http://www.halfbake...held_22_20cellphone
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Bananaphone! [5th Earth, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Better yet, build the whole phone into the ring, and do the thumb/pinky thing.
-- DrCurry, Jun 27 2004


Have linked to something totally unrelated because of the name of the invention... sorry. ;-)
-- 5th Earth, Jun 27 2004


this is totally baked. Philips has a ring with a camera and a cell phone in it. See link.
-- django, Jun 28 2004


On a ring or wherever, this is not such a good idea. The fact is, is blinks when ANY phone rings, so you end up not knowing if it's your phone or someone else's (-)
-- PauloSargaco, Jul 01 2004


In my experience someone else always hears the phone even if you do not. So if this is a problem you have then wear a sign on your back and front which reads, "Slap me if I'm not answering my phone, thanks!"

Eventually this will (d)evolve into a small colored pin universally known to indicate the message.
-- DadManWalking, Jul 02 2004



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