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New Topic Post Reply Add to Bookmarks Posts: 7 New 24 hours Hot Top 20 Account: Inbox / PM Login Register   Help Search Author Apple concept would warn iPhone users ahead of dropped calls tranced Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Sto. Dgo., Dominican Republic PM Posted: 2008-05-30 00:26 A pair of Apple patent filings discovered by AppleInsider this week show the company is exploring ways to leverage the iPhone's wireless technologies to alert users when they are about to lose a WiFi or cellular signal, and also help them find tiny accessories that may have been misplaced. The first filing describes methods of providing iPhone or iPod touch users with an "out of range" warning that includes an estimate of the amount of time remaining until the devices are out of range of a WiFi network, thus presenting the users with an opportunity to take corrective measures if they so desire. New window S O U R C E I jay0726 | Magical fingers | Best Host Of The Esato Awards MMIX | The November Cameraphone shootout: Ultra Macro | I Playtime 2009 Access the forum with a mobile phone via esato.mobi New Topic Reply