Posts tagged Emergency
iPad to Make Emergency Phone Calls?
Mar 3rd
9to5mac.com has just posted a interesting little iPad tidbit — it seems as if Apple’s latest creation has the ability to make emergency calls.
The image above is a screen shot taken from within the iPad SDK emulator. To get to the emergency call screen the developer simply enabled the passcode lock and entered in the wrong password five times.
So why would Apple include this within the iPad? Is it a FCC thing because the iPad is a wireless device on a cellular network? Perhaps it’s something left over from the iPhone and will be removed before launch? Our take is that if the iPad can make emergency calls, it can make regular calls and maybe not out of the box but with a little hackery.
Do you think it’s possible we will see some sort of call feature when the iPad drops at the end of this month?
[Via 9to5mac.com]
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Canadians, Your Free Magic Won’t Dial 911 As Well
Jan 21st
So after my last post, I wish to update Canadian Android’ers that the HTC Magic is experiencing the same GPS/911 problems currently affecting the HTC Dream. Rogers is letting customers know via text message that 911 emergency calls will not complete due to a bug when GPS is enabled. Rogers asks that all Magic owners (and Dream) that you disable your phone’s GPS until further notice. You can do this via the following instructions:
- Click on your settings icon
- Click on “Wireless Controls”
- Uncheck “Enable GPS Satellites”
I write out these almost unnecessary instructions to impress upon all Canadian Dream and Magic owners that you should actually turn off your GPS for the time being because emergencies can happen instantly. So play it safe until Rogers sends out an update.
(via @IWMOPS)
@MatthewPatience
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Rogers HTC Dream 911 Warning
Jan 16th
Last night I received a text message from Rogers regarding an issue involving 911 calls. This screw up can only be described as HUGE! Rogers is informing all of their HTC Dream customers of an issue that does not allow 911 emergency calls to complete while the GPS receiver is enabled. Rogers asks that all customers turn off the GPS receiver, until further notice, so that all emergency calls complete by doing the following: On your phone go to Settings -> Location -> Uncheck “Enable GPS Satellite”.
The full text message is below:
Rogers/Fido service message: URGENT 911 Calls: Please disable GPS location on your HTC Dream device to ensure all 911 calls complete. HTC is urgently working on a software upgrade and we will provide details shortly so you can re-enable GPS.
Instructions: Select Menu – Select Settings – Select Location – Uncheck Enable GPS Satellite
Message de Rogers/Fido : URGENT – Appels 911 : Veuillez désactiver la localisation GPS sur votre appareil HTC Dream afin de vous assurer que tous les appels 911 soient acheminés. HTC développe le plus rapidement possible une mise à jour du logiciel et nous vous fournirons les détails sous peu afin que vous puissiez réactiver la fonction GPS.
Instructions : Sélectionner Menu – Sélectionner Paramétres – Sélectionner Location – Désactiver les satellites GPS
For the time being, Rogers has stopped all sales of the HTC Dream until the probem is resolved. This raises the question of how far this defect goes. Could it also affect all other HTC Dream users in other countries and G1 users, or is it just limited to Rogers. For such a large security issue it would be best to find out sooner rather than later.
@MatthewPatience
