It’s happened to everyone. You lost your cell phone. Where is it? Well, what most people do is borrow someone else’s phone and start calling it, listening for the ringing. But what if you set it to silent? This happened to me recently. I could not find that thing anywhere and I couldn’t hear it quietly vibrating.
So, I came up with an idea: I put my wireless Bluetooth headset on that was tied to the phone. I would go into each room of my house and press the button on the headset. When I finally heard the little “connection” beep, I knew the phone had to be within about 30 feet of where I was standing. Then, I turned out all the lights, and called the phone. When it lit up with the call, I found it! But it sure would have been easier if the phone had some sort of “vibrate but ring really loud if I am lost” setting. Maybe I’ll email Steve Jobs about that.

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